About this episode
The episode discusses the onset of the Viking Age in the British Isles, marked by a murder in Dorset and the arrival of Scandinavian warriors.
The Vikings are here. A cold-blooded murder in seaside Dorset marks the beginning of the Viking Age in the British Isles. Scandinavian warriors with no fear of death set sail across the North Sea, targeting riches a-plenty. A construction project in 2008 unearths an astonishing boat burial in Estonia. And in 793, a community of monks on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne brace themselves, as dragon-shaped prows appear on the horizon… A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Iain Glen. Featuring Eleanor Barraclough, Stefan Brink, Lars Brownworth, Ben Raffield, Levi Roach, Elizabeth Rowe, Pragya Vohra, Davide Zori. Written by Roger Morris | Produced by Jeff Dawson | Executive Producer: Joel Duddell | Research by Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow | Fact check by Grant Jones | Sound Supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design by Jacob Booth & Tom Pink | Additional editing by Anisha Deva | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Cian Ryan-Morgan. Recording Engineer: Tom Rouse at Jungle Studios. Get every episode of Real Vikings two weeks early and ad-free by joining Noiser+. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to …
People in this episode
Host: Iain Glen
Guests: Eleanor Barraclough, Stefan Brink, Lars Brownworth, Ben Raffield, Levi Roach, Elizabeth Rowe, Pragya Vohra, Davide Zori
Topics covered
- Viking Age
- murder
- archaeology
- seaside
- monastic communities
- Scandinavian warriors
Keywords
- Vikings
- murder
- Dorset
- archaeology
- Lindisfarne
- boat burial
- Scandinavian warriors
- history
- documentary
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Dorset, Estonia, Holy Island of Lindisfarne
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