The Vikings tore up England in the 700s, literally!
Artefacts found at a Viking settlement reveal another side to violent Viking life - as peaceful farmers and highly skilled craftsmen.
Neil Oliver visits three of the most important places associated with the Viking invasion and settlement of Anglo Saxon England.
Neil Oliver travels to Oslo to find out how the Vikings' skills as shipbuilders and sailors enabled them to travel so far from their homeland.
Neil Oliver visits Istanbul to see for himself why the Vikings made the long and treacherous journey to trade in its exotic markets.
Think the vicious Vikings were purely plunderers and pillagers? Think again!
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