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Age of Iron

Neil Oliver continues his epic story of how Britain came to be. It's 1,000 BC and the end of the Bronze Age: economic meltdown, climate change and social crisis.

Neil Oliver continues his epic story of how Britain and its people came to be. Diving for 3,000-year-old treasure and pot-holing through an ancient copper mine, he discovers how a golden age of bronze collapsed into social and economic crisis set against a period of sharp climate change and would eventually be replaced by a new era, of iron.

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Sun 29 May 2022 02:15

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Neil Oliver
Executive Producer Eamon Hardy
Series Producer Cameron Balbirnie

Broadcasts

  • Thu 7 Apr 2011 21:00
  • Fri 8 Apr 2011 01:00
  • Sat 9 Apr 2011 19:30
  • Tue 19 Jul 2011 00:25
  • Tue 26 Jul 2011 00:40
  • Sat 15 Oct 2011 20:45
  • Mon 17 Oct 2011 00:45
  • Tue 18 Oct 2011 19:00
  • Sat 28 May 2022 19:00
  • Sun 29 May 2022 02:15