Barbarians (2006)

Name: Barbarians
Genre: Documentary, History
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Terry Jones

Documentary · History

Terry Jones' Barbarians is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006. It was written and presented by Terry Jones, and it challenges the received Roman and Roman Catholic notion of the barbarian. Professor Barry Cunliffe of the University of Oxford acted as consultant for the series.

IMDb rating: 7.8 (382 votes)
Episode average: 8.0 +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Cast

Terry Jones

Seasons

Season 1 (2006)

7.98 avg 4 episodes 8.3 → 8.0 50 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Primitive Celts	8.3	27
2	The Savage Goths	7.7	23
3	The Brainy Barbarians	7.9	19
4	The End of The World	8.0	20