The Viking Sagas

Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about one of the most compelling of the great Viking stories - the Laxdaela Saga. This hour-long film explores how the unique literary achievements of the Saga writers were possible at a time of such immense cultural, political and religious upheaval.

• Ashley GethingDirector

• Janina RamirezSelf - Presenter (as Dr Janina Ramirez)
• Sigurdur AtlasonHimself - Sorcery Expert
• Vilborg DavíðsdóttirHerself - Writer & Historian (as Vilborg Davidsdottir)
• Benedikt ErlingssonHimself
• Hilmar Örn HilmarssonHimself - Pagan Priest (as Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson)
• Siggi JokulssonHimself - Farmer and Storyteller
• Einar KárasonHimself - Best-selling Author (as Einar Karason)
• Heather O'DonoghueHerself - Professor of Old Norse, Oxford University
• Gisli SigurdssonHimself - Historian