Vikings

Season 1 Episode 2: The Trading Empire

Neil Oliver heads out from the Scandinavian homelands to Russia, Turkey and Ireland to trace the beginnings of a vast trading empire that handled Chinese silks as adeptly as Pictish slaves. Neil discovers a world of 'starry-eyed maidens' and Buddhist statues that are a world away from our British experience of axe-wielding warriors, although it turns out that there were quite a few of those as well.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

3

Cast:

Neil Oliver

Quality:

HD

Duration:

60 min

First Air:

2012

Rating:

7.2