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Genius of the Ancient WorldEpisodes

    ConfuciusSeries 1

    3/3Bettany Hughes visits China on the trail of Confucius, a great sage of Chinese history.

    SocratesSeries 1

    2/3Bettany Hughes is in Greece, on the trail of the influential maverick thinker Socrates.

    BuddhaSeries 1

    1/3Bettany Hughes travels to India to investigate the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha.