| Description | The speakers in this programme are not identified.
Track 1: Introduction to the programme and readings, 2.06 mins Track 2: The first Romans to Britain; the geography of Britain; 1.48 mins Track 3: James Boswell and Dr. Samuel Johnson's tour of the Scottish Highlands in 1773; the Romans; a wake in Ireland; 2.24 mins Track 4: The historian and priest, Giraldus 'the Welshman' Cambrensis; Celtic 'extravagance'; the Scottish; jewellery in pagan Celtic times; the Celts, including their language and their attitudes to battle, 3.43 mins Track 5: Celtic language and Celtic writings, with readings; Celtic love of music and the harp, 3.20 mins Track 6: A harp and choir; Celtic music; unknown song, 1.32 mins Track 7: Celtic poetry and speeches; readings; Caledonians and the (Miatti?); food; the Celts way of life, in particular their diet and their housing; 3.31 mins Track 8: Celtic life; readings; King Arthur; 3.20 mins Track 9: King Arthur and his influence on Celtic Britain, his involvement in the Battle of Mons Badonicus and the Battle of Camlann, Arthur's Celtic characteristics and his epitaph, 2.42 mins Track 10: A battle between Arthur and all the kings of Britain and the Saxons; Merlin 'the Mad'; Unidentified people talk about attacks by the northern and western tribes (the Scots, the Picts and the Attacotti) and the arrival of the Saxons; 3.33 mins Track 11: The battle of Catraeth; Stonehenge, 1.59 mins Track 12: The decline of the Celts; rebellion in the Highlands; unknown song, 2.43 mins Track 13: 'The Year of the Sheep'; training animals; women; unknown song; readings (recording ends midway through this track), 2.34 mins
Total: 35.18 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA 2of2 KF573E0536580 |