A Greek Odyssey with Bettany Hughes

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  • Channel 5
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  • Documentary History Travel

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Episode 1
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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 .. show full overview
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Episode 2
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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 .. show full overview
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Episode 3
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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 .. show full overview
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Episode 4
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Bettany makes it to Crete, just before a storm does. A trip to Knossos reveals the whole story of the Minotaur.
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Episode 5
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Bettany arrives in the Peloponnese, a peninsula that's home to some of ancient Greece's most legendary kings and vicious warriors.
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Episode 6
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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.

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