Ten films in which Magnus Magnusson explores the Viking world. 3: From the Fury of the Northmen
' The Danes live in the sea,' cried one victim of Viking attacks 1,000 years ago, and so it must have seemed as Danish Vikings poured along the coasts of Europe and up the great rivers to loot Paris and Hamburg, or into the Mediterranean in search of Rome, the greatest prize in Christendom.
Today's episode of Vikings! shows the other face of the Northmen too — the Danish townspeople who produced some of the glories of ancient art, and the powerful Danish kings, who moulded Denmark into a Viking nation. With BEN KINGSLEY DANIEL MASSEY
DENNIS EDWARDS and JOHN BENNETT
Music by Jack POINT
Series adviser PROFESSOR p. H. SAWYER Producer RAY SUTCLIFFE
Series producer DAVID COLLISON (Halfdan was Here, tomorrow at 8.25)