Neil Oliver

Neil Oliver

Birthday: 1967-02-21

Place of Birth: Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

Biography: 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.

Movies

The Hector: From Scotland to Nova Scotia
The Hector: From Scotland to Nova Scotia

The story of the 1773 highland migrants who left Scotland to settle in Nova Scotia....

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The Quest for Bannockburn
The Quest for Bannockburn

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

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The Search for Alfred the Great
The Search for Alfred the Great

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

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Who Put the Klan in the Ku Klux Klan?
Who Put the Klan in the Ku Klux Klan?

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

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Quintinshill: Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster
Quintinshill: Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster

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

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Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer
Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer

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

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Scotland and the Klan
Scotland and the Klan

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

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The Machine Gun and Skye's Band of Brothers
The Machine Gun and Skye's Band of Brothers

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

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