Barbarians: Secrets of the Dark Ages

Season 1

When you think of brutal hand to hand warfare, you think of the soldiers of the Dark Ages -- the Vikings, the Goths, the Vandals and the Huns. This program will reveal their revolutionary fighting styles, and demonstrate what their greed-inspired aggression achieved for them.
Where to Watch Season 1
3 Episodes
  • History's Hell's Angels
    E1
    Episode 1History's Hell's AngelsRichard Rudgley traces the legacies of the Huns, Vandals and Goths, looking at both the migrant tribes, and the pre-existing tribes, to ask whether the "dark ages" represent a resurfacing of much older tribal lines.
  • In a Time Of Shadows
    E2
    Episode 2In a Time Of ShadowsIt is the time when the Anglo-Saxons impose their culture and their authority on the Northern reaches of Europe. It is a time when we discover that the first Englishmen were, in fact, Germans.
  • Out of the Darkness
    E3
    Episode 3Out of the DarknessThe third assault on the tattered remains of Roman civilisation came from even further North, where the melting glacial ice had created immense sheltered fjords, leaving its inhabitants little choice but the sea.
Cast of Season 1
  • Richard RudgleySelf - Presenter
 
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