Ten films in which Magnus Magnusson explores the Viking world. 7: An Island Called Thule
' Thule, where, from the sun that has approached the Arctic pole, an ever-shining fire spreads out through the days and the nights. After one day's sail from Thule the frozen sea is reached.'
The mysterious Thule of the ancients, surrounded by the 'congealed sea', was at one time thought to be Iceland. What is certain, however, is that of all the Viking lands, Iceland is the only truly Viking nation. A land both forbidding and fascinating, it was the unlikely setting for the birth of the world's most remarkable democracy.
MAGNUS MAGNUSSON returns to the land of the sagas, the closest and most reliable source of all Viking history, to chronicle this birth and creation of a wholly Viking nation. With JEREMY KEMP
DANIEL MASSEY , BEN KINGSLEY
Music by JACK POINT
Series adviser PROFESSOR P. H. SAWYER Producer RAY SUTCLIFFE
Series producer DAVID COLLISON