Neil Oliver

Born: 1967-02-21

Neil Oliver is a Scottish television presenter, freelance archaeologist, conservationist, and author. He is best known as a presenter of several BBC historical and archaeological documentary series, including A History of Scotland, Vikings, and Coast.


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Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2009-03-23

Cleopatra - the most famous woman in history. We know her as a great queen, a beautiful lover...

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The Machine Gun and Skye's Band of Brothers

as Presenter
Released: 2014-01-01

The development of the Maxim machine gun and its effects on a remote Highland community.

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Who Put the Klan in the Ku Klux Klan?

as Self
Released: 2018-02-08

In this surprising documentary, archaeologist and historian Neil Oliver examines racism in the...

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The Search for Alfred the Great

as uncredited
Released: 2014-01-21

Neil Oliver is given exclusive access to a team of historians and scientists investigating the...

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Quintinshill: Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster

as Presenter
Released: 2015-05-20

Neil Oliver describes the worst ever railway accident in the UK, which happened a hundred years...

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The Quest for Bannockburn

as Host
Released: 2014-06-02

Neil Oliver and Tony Pollard set out to solve one of the biggest puzzles in battlefield...

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Scotland and the Klan

as Presenter
Released: 2016-10-04

The role of Scots in shaping the concept of the American Dream is a story often celebrated but...

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A History of Ancient Britain

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2011-02-09

Neil Oliver tells the epic story of how Britain and its people came to be over thousands of...

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Cunk on...

as Self - Archaeologist and Historian
First aired: 2018-04-03

Landmark mockumentary-maker Philomena Cunk traces the history of Britain and Earth.

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A History of Scotland

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2008-11-09

Presented by Neil Oliver, A History of Scotland is a television series first broadcast in...

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A History of Celtic Britain

as Presenter
First aired: 2011-04-07

In four chapters, largely based on and illustrated with archaeological finds and sites, Neil...

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Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets Of Orkney

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2017-01-02

Neil Oliver, Chris Packham, Andy Torbet and Dr Shini Somara join hundreds of archaeologists from...

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The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2015-10-05

Three-part documentary series in which anthropologist professor Alice Roberts and archaeologist...

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Blood of the Clans

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2020-08-12

Neil Oliver presents a drama-documentary series telling the tales of Scotland's most epic and...

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Coast Australia

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2013-12-02

Coast Australia follows renowned Scottish archaeologist and historian Neil Oliver on his very...

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Robot Wars

as Self
First aired: 2016-07-24

Original robots Sir Killalot, Matilda, Dead Metal and Shunt are back for the rebooted series...

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Vikings

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2012-09-11

Vikings is a 2012 BBC television documentary series written and presented by Neil Oliver...

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Rise of the Clans

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2018-12-03

Series following an epic struggle for power in medieval Scotland, told from the point of view of...

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Coast New Zealand

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2016-04-19

Neil Oliver takes a fascination journey around the coast of New Zealand, uncovering stories that...

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Sacred Wonders of Britain

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2013-12-30

Neil Oliver goes on a journey to reveal the sacred face of Britain, an ancient landscape of...

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The Last Explorers

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2011-11-24

Archaeologist and writer Neil Oliver presents a series on the golden age of exploration,...

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