It was the landmark documentary series A History of Scotland in 2008 where his passion for Scotland emerged, leading to many more explorations of the UK on screen. In 2012 Neil presented Vikings ...
Neil Oliver tells the epic story of how Britain and its people came to be over thousands of years of ancient history - the beginnings of our world forged in ice, stone, and bronze ...
NEIL OLIVER:Over a thousand years ago, York, in Northern England, was one of the greatest cities of the Anglo-Saxon world. NEIL OLIVER:And the people who lived here spent their time going about ...
NEIL OLIVER:'The Vikings travelled far and wide. Not just to raid, plunder and find land, but also to trade, to buy and sell goods. And this took them to new, exotic places far from home.' ...
Neil Oliver returns to continue his epic story of how Britain and its people came to be, from the height of the Bronze Age through to the age of Iron, the Celts and the first kings to the age of Rome ...
Neil Oliver presents a drama-documentary series telling the tales of Scotland's most epic and bloody conflicts and the characters who made their mark in this memorable era of the country’s history.
Archaeologist and writer Neil Oliver presents a series on the golden age of exploration, charting the routes of contact that drew together the farthest reaches of the world ...
TV presenter Neil Oliver has been appointed president of Scotland's largest conservation charity. The historian and archaeologist was confirmed in the role at the National Trust for Scotland's ...
Documentary series in which anthropologist Alice Roberts and archaeologist Neil Oliver go in search of the Celts - one of the world's most mysterious ancient civilisations.
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NEIL OLIVER:'The Vikings came from Scandinavia, where there are many mountains. Crossing those mountains was difficult, so the easiest way to travel was by boat, through the steep, sea-flooded ...