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Neil Oliver (born 21 February 1967) [citation needed] is a Scottish television presenter, author, and conspiracy theorist. He has presented several documentary series on archaeology and history, including A History of Scotland , Vikings and Coast .
Neil Oliver "Bing" Russell (May 5, 1926 – April 8, 2003) [1] was an American actor and Class A minor-league baseball club owner. He was the father of Hollywood actor Kurt Russell and grandfather of ex–major league baseball player Matt Franco and actor Wyatt Russell .
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.
In 2015, she co-presented a 3-part BBC TV documentary with Neil Oliver entitled The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice [49] and wrote a book to tie in with the series: The Celts: Search for a Civilisation. [50] In April–May 2016, she co-presented the BBC Two programme Food Detectives which looked at food nutrition and its effects on the body.
Presented by Neil Oliver, A History of Scotland is a television series first broadcast in November 2008 on BBC One Scotland and later shown UK-wide on BBC Two during January 2009. [1] The second series began on BBC One Scotland in early November 2009, with transmission at a later point on network BBC Two.
For thousands of years, the world's second greatest tidal range has had a huge impact on the inhabitants of the South Wales coast. Neil Oliver uncovers real-life horror at the Smalls Lighthouse, Mark Horton explores the terrifying power of sand, Alice Roberts seeks out our Ice Age ancestor and Miranda Krestovnikoff reveals the secrets of rockpools.
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 ]
An hour-long BBC television documentary on Bruce presented by Neil Oliver in 2011 contrasted his meticulous science with his rivals' aim of enhancing imperial prestige. [86] A new biographer, Peter Speak (2003), claims that the SNAE was "by far the most cost-effective and carefully planned scientific expedition of the Heroic Age". [51]