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Neil Oliver (born 21 February 1967) [citation needed] is a Scottish television presenter and author. [ 2 ] He has presented several documentary series on archaeology and history, including A History of Scotland , Vikings and Coast .
Neil Oliver (born 11 April 1967) is an English former footballer [1] who played for Berwick Rangers, Blackburn Rovers, Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Clydebank and East Fife. Following a spell as a coach of the Berwick Rangers reserve team, Oliver became manager of Duns in 2009, taking them from the Border Amateur League into the East of ...
Episode Title Airdate 1 The Last of the Free: 9 November 2008: At the dawn of the first millennium, there was no Scotland or England. In the first episode Oliver reveals the mystery of how the Gaelic Scottish Kingdom - Alba - was born, and why its role in one of the greatest battles ever fought on British soil defined the shape of Britain in the modern era.
Two Men in a Trench follows Pollard and Oliver across the British Isles, their research taking them to various battles across the United Kingdom. The battles of Flodden, Barnet and Shrewsbury, as well as the Siege of Newark and the Defence of Inchkeith, are among the conflicts studied by the duo in their first series.
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A 304-page book authored by Oliver and titled Vikings: A History was published by W&N on 4 October 2012. [3] In addition, a 177-minute PAL region 2 DVD version of the series was released by the BBC on 12 November 2012 [ 4 ]
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