Blood of the Vikings

Blood of the Vikings

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show_name = Blood of the Vikings


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presenter = Julian Richards
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composer = David Mitcham
country = UK
language = English
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distributor = BBC Worldwide
executive_producer = Caroline van den Brul
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first_aired = Dec 4, 2001
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"Blood of the Vikings" is a 2001 BBC Television documentary series that traces the legacy of the Vikings in the British Isles through a genetics survey. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1500431.stm Vikings lead BBC Two autumn attack] , BBC News, 20 August 2001. Accessed 2008-07-30.]

Production

The series was presented by Julian Richards who has a long-held fascination with the Vikings.

Geneticist Professor David Goldstein, from University College London, lead the 15-month study that compared mouth swabs from 2,500 male volunteers from 25 different locations across the country with DNA samples from Scandinavian locals to find out how much Viking blood is left in the UK.

The study traced the past movements of peoples to discover how many Vikings stayed after the raids of rape and pillage which the study of history and archaeology could not answer alone.

BBC Two Controller Jane Root described the station's work with UCL as a unique, nationwide project.

The research confirmed the Vikings did not just raid and retreat to Scandinavia, but actually settled in Britain leaving their genetic pattern in some parts of the UK population. cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1689955.stm | title=Viking blood still flowing | accessdate=2008-07-23 | author= | last= | first= | authorlink= | coauthors= | date=2001-12-03 | year= | month= | format= | work= | publisher=BBC News | pages= | language=English | doi= | archiveurl= | archivedate= | quote= ]

The series included clips from Richard Fleischer’s 1958 film "The Vikings" starring Kirk Douglas to illustrate common modern attitudes towards the Vikings.

Companion book

* cite book
date = Oct 4, 2001
title = Blood of the Vikings
last = Richards
first = Julian
publisher = Hodder & Stoughton (hardcover)
id = ISBN 978-0340733851
* cite book
date = Jul 4, 2002
title = Blood of the Vikings
last = Richards
first = Julian
publisher = Hodder & Stoughton (paperback)
id = ISBN 978-0340733868

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/audio_video/ Blood of the Vikings Video Clips] at BBC Online
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/communicate/archive/julian_richards/page1.shtml Julian Richards chat transcript] at BBC Online
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/archive.shtml History Programme Archive] at BBC History

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