Bettany Hughes travels to China on the trail of Confucius, a great sage of Chinese history whose ideas have fundamentally shaped the country of his birth for around 2,500 years.

Historian Bettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China on the trail of three giants of ancient philosophy. In this episode she looks at the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha. Show more

Bettany Hughes investigates three giants of ancient philosophy. In this episode she is in Greece, on the trail of the hugely influential maverick thinker Socrates. Show more