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- With unique access and state-of-the-art technology, Bettany lifts the lid on the most remarkable treasures of civilisation to investigate the story of humanity. She examines household-name treasures and new finds from across the world.
- Bettany Hughes follows in the footsteps of 18th century aristocrats going on a Grand Tour as she travels through France and Italy to see how travel, the arts and culture and the finest foods can enrich and inspire our lives.
- The historian explores the history of Greece from the time of the Ancients to the present day.
- The historian explores the land that inspired her passion for the past by embarking upon a 900-mile journey along the river Nile and examining how it shaped ancient Egypt.
- Professor Bettany Hughes leads a forensic investigation into some of the most enduring mysteries of the ancient world and brings viewers face-to-face with the extraordinary people of the past she unearths along the way.
- Journey across Benin, West Africa to uncover the 'Agoji' ( a forgotten female army) - or as Europeans labeled them, the 'Amazons'.
- Bettany Hughes examines the story of the god of wine, revelry, theatre and excess. She visits Jordan, Georgia, Greece and Britain to discover his origins, modern presence and role in the development of civilisation.
- 202048mTV-PG8.1 (22)TV EpisodeIn episode one, Bettany begins her journey by exploring a graveyard of ancient shipwrecks in the waters of the Eastern Mediterranean, then enjoys the tradition of a warm welcome on the island of Chios.
- 202048mTV-PG8.0 (22)TV EpisodeBettany takes a predawn trip to Delos, an island in ancient times that no one was permitted to live or die there. Next, she sets sail for Ikaria which takes its name from the mythical Icarius.
- Bettany Hughes ticks off three more Aegean islands as she follows Greek hero Odysseus home to Ithaca after the Trojan war. First stop is Santorini, then it's on to the wine-loving island of Naxos, sacred to god Dionysus, before her final stop at Sifnos.
- Bettany makes it to Crete, just before a storm does. A trip to Knossos reveals the whole story of the Minotaur.
- Bettany arrives in the Peloponnese, a peninsula that's home to some of ancient Greece's most legendary kings and vicious warriors.
- Throughout his journey, Odysseus was harassed by the god Poseidon, who makes his presence felt in the modern day, late at night on Ithaca. It's a fitting end to a series in which Bettany Hughes has sought to make Greek myths relevant to our own human condition.
- Bettany Hughes is on the journey of a lifetime through France and Italy to discover how travel, the arts and culture, the finest foods, can enrich our lives. She starts her journey in Paris, coming face to face with the Venus de Milo.
- 202244m8.0 (9)TV EpisodeBettany encounters the stunning beauty of Venice's canals, visits the sumptuous Lake Como and cruises down the Seine in Paris - all in her search for the good things in life.
- Bettany explores Florence, one of Italy's most beautiful cities, and studies one of her favourite paintings, Botticelli's masterpiece The Birth of Venus. She visits Lake Como and then Milan, Italy's centre of style and design.
- 202244m8.0 (10)TV EpisodeThe final leg of the trip starts on the glorious Amalfi Coast. Bettany then travels to a place she has never been to before - the island of Capri. She concludes her journey in Rome where she is given special access to the Pantheon.