A Greek Odyssey with Bettany Hughes

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Explore the mesmerising history of the Greek islands with Bettany Hughes

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Series 1

Episode 1

Bettany sets off on the journey of a lifetime, sailing across spectacular Greece uncovering its history including an ancient underwater shipwreck over two thousand years.

Episode 2

Bettany takes a predawn trip to Delos, an island so sacred in ancient times that no one was permitted to live or die there.

Episode 3

Bettany Hughes enters an active volcano and joins a celebration of the god of wine as her Greek island odyssey takes her to Santorini, Naxos, and Siphnos.

Episode 4

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.

Episode 5

Bettany arrives in the Peloponnese, a peninsula that's home to some of ancient Greece's most legendary kings and vicious warriors.

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.