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The Viking Sagas
Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about one of the most compelling of the great Viking stories - the Laxdaela Saga.
Hundreds of years ago in faraway Iceland the Vikings began to write down dozens of stories called sagas - sweeping narratives based on real people and real events. But as Oxford University's Janina Ramirez discovers, these sagas are not just great works of art, they are also priceless historical documents which bring to life the Viking world. Dr Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to the far north west of the country to find out about one of the most compelling of these stories - the Laxdaela Saga.
Last on
Wed 27 Jan 2016
02:00
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Janina Ramirez |
Director | Ashley Gething |
Broadcasts
- Tue 10 May 2011 21:00
- Wed 11 May 2011 00:00
- Wed 11 May 2011 03:00
- Mon 16 May 2011 19:30
- Mon 16 May 2011 23:35
- Sun 30 Oct 2011 20:00
- Tue 1 Nov 2011 02:30
- Mon 7 Jan 2013 23:00
- Wed 18 Sep 2013 00:00
- Wed 21 May 2014 00:00
- Tue 28 Oct 2014 01:40
- Wed 27 Jan 2016 02:00