S01 Episode 1
Episode 1
The historian and classicist explores Greece from the time of the Ancients up to the present day. She begins 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. Next, Bettany heads to the island of Lesbos, visiting the ancient Greek Theatre of Mytilene and taking a dip in the island's thermal waters. Finally, Bettany stops on Samos, an island known for both its ancient naval power and its famous sixth-century BC resident, mathematician and philosopher - Pythagoras.
42 mins · Sat, 20 Jun 2020
S01 Episode 1
A Greek Odyssey With Bettany Hughes
Bettany sets off on the journey of a lifetime, sailing across spectacular Greece uncovering its history, including an ancient underwater shipwreck over 2,000 years old.
48 mins · Fri, 12 Jun 2020
S01 Episode 2
Episode 2
Bettany visits the sacred isle of Delos, where it has been forbidden for anyone to permanently reside since ancient times. Wandering the ruins, Bettany discovers a dark history to this incredible site as she explores how the Romans turned Delos into a marketplace for their slave trade. She then moves on to Ikaria, an island famous for its long-lived population, and gets a lesson in wine-making. As she moves on to Mykonos, Bettany's boat is caught in a storm reaching a 10 on the Beaufort scale.
42 mins · Sat, 27 Jun 2020
S01 Episode 2
A Greek Odyssey With Bettany Hughes
Bettany takes a pre-dawn trip to Delos, an island so sacred in ancient times that no one was permitted to live or die there; Bettany's odyssey sees her setting sail for Ikaria which takes its name from the mythical Icarus.
48 mins · Fri, 19 Jun 2020
S01 Episode 3
Episode 3
The historian and classicist goes Greek island-hopping to explore their history from the time of the Ancients to the present day. In Santorini, she visits a Minoan city preserved in time by one of the most violent volcanic eruptions in history. Bettany's next port of call is Naxos, where in an abandoned marble quarry, she finds a genuinely monumental statue of the god that has lain there for thousands of years, before heading to a taverna to take part in some local festivities. The presenter later arrives in Sifnos, where long-distance communications were mastered millennia before telegrams or telephones.
42 mins · Sat, 4 Jul 2020
S01 Episode 3
A Greek Odyssey With Bettany Hughes
Bettany Hughes continues her trip through the Greek islands by exploring Minoan Santorini, Naxos and Sifnos.
48 mins · Fri, 26 Jun 2020
S01 Episode 4
Episode 4
Bettany makes it to Crete, just before a storm does. A trip to Knossos reveals the whole story of the Minotaur.
42 mins · Sat, 11 Jul 2020
S01 Episode 4
Epiphany's Festivities
Bettany Hughes goes Greek island-hopping to explore their history from the time of the ancients to the present day; Bettany makes it to Crete just before a storm does.
48 mins · Fri, 3 Jul 2020
S01 Episode 5
Episode 5
Bettany arrives in the Peloponnese, a peninsula that's home to some of ancient Greece's most legendary kings and vicious warriors.
42 mins · Sat, 18 Jul 2020
S01 Episode 5
Warriors of Legend
Bettany arrives in the Peloponnese, a peninsula that's home to some of ancient Greece's most legendary kings and vicious warriors.
48 mins · Fri, 10 Jul 2020
S01 Episode 6
Episode 6
Bettany heads to Corfu, where she discovers that the island has a close connection to the UK. Her epic journey ends on Odysseus's home island, Ithaca.
42 mins · Sat, 25 Jul 2020
S01 Episode 6
Poseidon's Rage
Bettany discovers that Corfu has a close connection to the UK, before ending her journey on Odysseus's home island, Ithaca.
48 mins · Fri, 17 Jul 2020
