Genius of the Ancient World

2015 - 2015

Buddha

5th August 2015

Episode 1

Bettany Hughes travels to India to investigate the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha.

Socrates

12th August 2015

Episode 2

Bettany Hughes is in Greece, on the trail of the influential maverick thinker Socrates.

Confucius

19th August 2015

Episode 3

Bettany Hughes visits China on the trail of Confucius, a great sage of Chinese history.

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Director

Rob Cowling

Historian Bettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China on the trail of three giants of ancient philosophy - Buddha, Socrates and Confucius.

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