Tales From The Caspian Sea
Alexander the Great, it was still asserted into the early 19th century, had built the gates that separated East and West at the eastern...
Caucasian Roots
A new series currently airing in which Bettany traces the role of the Caucasus in western imagination, from Jason and the Argonauts...
Tracking The Aryans
In this Sony Award-winning series, historian Bettany Hughes uncovers the troubled story of the search for the ancient Aryans, and...
The Romans In Britain
Through the examination of the very latest archaeological evidence we try to piece together the experience of living under Roman...
The Face That Launched A Thousand Ships
Bettany Hughes investigates how poets over the centuries have described Helen of Troy, showing how conventional views of female beauty...
There's Something About Eleanor
A one-off programme that tried to ascertain how far Eleanor of Acquitain contrived to manipulate her own image....
Live From The Coliseum
With a collection of other experts, for three hours from the Coliseum itself we dug further in to the history, myth and symbolism of one...