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Genius of the Ancient World
Bettany Hughes is in Greece, on the trail of the influential maverick thinker Socrates.
Genius of the Ancient World Episodes
1. Buddha
Historian Bettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China on the trail of three giants of ancient philosophy. To begin, she investigates the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha.
09-05-2026
BBC 4
3. Confucius
In the final episode, Bettany travels to China on the trail of Confucius, a great sage of Chinese history whose ideas have fundamentally shaped the country of his birth for arou ...
03-05-2026
BBC 4
2. Socrates
Series in which historian Bettany Hughes investigates three giants of ancient philosophy. In the second episode she is in Greece, on the trail of the hugely influential maverick ...
26-04-2026
BBC 4