Celtic history from their earliest roots 2500 years ago through the flowering of their unique culture and their enduring heritage today, enhanced with reconstructions of iron-age villages, dramatizations of major historical events and visits to modern Celtic lands.

Features: interview with Enya, musical performance by Enya, newsreel: Nationwide: celtic connections 5, Gaelic weekend: a musical journey around Ireland. Closed captioned.

Disc one: The man with the golden shoes -- The birth of nations -- A pagan trinity -- Disc 2: The open ended curve -- The final conflict -- The legacy.