In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-Saxon art treasures. Her basic thesis - and it is a plausible one - is that we should not look upon their era as a "dark age" as compared, for example, to Roman times, but rather celebrate it as an age in which creativity flowered, especially in terms of artistic design as well as symbolism. She shows plenty of good examples, ranging from the Franks Casket to the Staffordshire Hoard, and the Lindisfarne Gospels. - l_rawjalaurence
Genre: Documentary, History
Stars: Janina Ramirez, Kim Siddorn, David Symonds
Crew: Jenny Scott (Production Manager), Sara Revell (Production Manager), Darren Jonusas (Editor), Freddie Claire (Sound), Rhys Summers (Sound), Jonty Claypole (Executive Producer)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: BBC
Runtime: 59 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 10, 2010
IMDb: 4
Keywords:british history, archeology
