Basic Info
First Air: December 30, 2013
Status: Ended
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
Last Episode
Name: Early Saints
Season: 1, Episode: 3
Air Date: 2014-01-13
Neil Oliver examines how the creation of saints by the early church led to a new generation of Sacred Wonders across Britain. On Iona, in the Inner Hebrides, Neil discovers the traditional resting place of Macbeth. He also delves back through time to discover how St Columba sanctified the island with a tough brand of monasticism all the way from the Egyptian desert. On Lindisfarne, Neil sees how the epic journey of St Cuthbert led to the writing of the extraordinary Lindisfarne Gospels and the building of Durham Cathedral. At Canterbury Cathedral, Neil learns how St Thomas Becket's grisly murder was harnessed to build its nave, one of the great glories of medieval architecture, and on Glastonbury Tor in Somerset, he investigates layer after layer of powerful legend in the story of the Holy Grail, the sacred cup of everlasting life.
Sacred Wonders of Britain
2013
1 seasons
3 episodes
Overview
Neil Oliver goes on a journey to reveal the sacred face of Britain, an ancient landscape of belief and ritual that still lies hidden just below the surface of our modern world.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
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- English en
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Cast
Neil Oliver
Self - Presenter
Crew
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