Sacred Wonders of Britain (2013)

Episode Overview

Neil Oliver embarks on an exploration to uncover Britain’s sacred heritage, a mystical landscape of faith and rituals that still exists beneath the contemporary world. In the opening episode, he investigates the origins of religion in Britain. Across southern England and the Scottish borders, impressive tombs showcase the ancestor veneration practiced by early Neolithic farmers. An astonishing find in Herefordshire sheds light on what is buried beneath these ancient mounds. At the flint mines of Grimes Graves in Norfolk, he learns how Stone Age miners intertwined their spiritual beliefs with their underground work.