Storyteller: There once was a king called Hrothgar ... However, the skill of Anglo-Saxon art, metal-work and manuscripts does not suggest a ‘dark age’ at all. Archaeology is revealing new ...

New people have come to settle here, these are the Anglo-Saxons. They told some of the very first English stories. Storyteller: There once was a king called Hrothgar, who ruled a land far away ...

Since its discovery in 1939, archaeologists have pointed to Sweden as the source of Sutton Hoo's haul. A Danish stamp says otherwise.