Bettany Hughes
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Biography: Bettany Hughes OBE (born 14 May 1967) is an English historian, author and broadcaster, specialising in classical history.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Birthday: May 14, 1967
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Gender: Female
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Gaia Uncovered - The History of Mother Earth
Overview: What can the ancient world's vision of the planet, such as the legend of powerful Greek Goddess Gaia, teach us? Acclaimed historian Bettany Hughes explores our relationship with Mother Earth in this fascinating documentary on BBC Select. Now, more than ever, our use and misuse of the planet is under scrutiny. Can the past hold the answers to how we can possibly have a future on the Earth?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-01-02
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Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
Overview: The history of still life painting with oil paints
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-05
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Egypt's Great Mummies: Unwrapped with Bettany Hughes
Overview: Professor Bettany Hughes takes viewers on a journey of discovery as she investigates 10 of the greatest and most intriguing Egyptian mummies - and the secrets that lie beneath the bandages. Having remained in their tombs for thousands of years, wrapped, embalmed and buried with treasure, each mummy tells the story of the criminals, priests, children and pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-01-07
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When the Moors Ruled in Europe
Overview: A documentary movie covering the 700-year reign in Spain and Portugal of the Moors. It focus on Andlucia and specifically Fes, Granada and Cordoba.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-05
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Helen of Troy
Overview: British historian Bettany Hughes tours the eastern Mediterranean in search of facts behind the legends of "the face that launched a thousand ships," exploring the ways Greeks made love and war circa 1300 B.C.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-12
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The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet
Overview: David Suchet, TV's Poirot, has spent more of his life acting out the plots and dramas created by Agatha Christie than anyone else in the world. Suchet is embarking on a journey to learn more about the woman who created Poirot and whose books remain outsold only by Shakespeare and the Bible. Suchet's journey takes him to the places Christie lived, the landscapes that inspired her and to meetings with people who knew the woman behind the fame and those inspired by her extraordinary legacy. He explores the close links between Christie's extraordinary life and her work and discovers what it was about the woman from a small seaside town that allowed her to become the best-selling murder mystery writer in history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-17
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The Minoans
Overview: The mysterious island of Crete has always loomed large in imagination, as the home of the Minotaur -- that monstrous creature, half-man half-bull -- imprisoned in Daedalus' labyrinth. Before Crete collapsed in fire and violence, it gave birth to Europe's first civilization nearly 5,000 years ago, and boasted an advanced, prosperous Mediterranean civilization with hinged doors, flush toilets, and magnificent palaces. How did the Minoans live, and what brought this great society to such a sudden, obscure end? Modern archeology offers new insights into the everyday life in Minoan culture, and tantalizing clues about its tragic destiny.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-23
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Venus Uncovered: Ancient Goddess of Love
Overview: In 1914, the suffragette Mary Richardson attacked the Rokeby Venus at the National Gallery in London. But why did this painting fire such outrage? Professor Bettany Hughes embarks on a voyage of discovery to reveal the truth behind the Venus depicted in the painting, proving that this mythological figure is so much more than just an excuse for sensual nudity and chocolate-box romance. Because Venus Uncovered is the remarkable story of one of antiquity's most potent forces. And more than that - hers is the story of human desire, and how desire transforms who we are and how we behave.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-15
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Alexandria: The Greatest City
Overview: Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out of the desert by Alexander the Great in 331 BC to become the world's first global centre of culture. The documentary also looks at the role of astronomer and philosopher Hypatia, and incorporates stunning footage from the feature film 'Agora'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-01
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Top Ten Treasures Of Pompeii
Overview: With cutting-edge VR, fascinating interviews, and access to the very latest discoveries, join Professor Bettany Hughes in her ultimate countdown of history’s most famous city's treasures.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-28
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Bacchus Uncovered: Ancient God of Ecstasy
Overview: Professor Bettany Hughes investigates the story of Bacchus, god of wine, revelry, theatre and excess, travelling to Georgia, Jordan, Greece and Britain to discover his origins and his presence in the modern world, and explore how 'losing oneself' plays a vital role in the development of civilisation. Bettany begins in Georgia where she discovers evidence of the world's oldest wine production, and the role it may have played in building communities. In Athens she reveals Bacchus's pivotal role in a society where his ecstatic worship was embraced by all classes, and most importantly women. On Cyprus she uncovers startling parallels between Bacchus and Christ. Finally, Bettany follows the god's modern embrace in Nietzsche's philosophy, experimental theatre and the hedonistic hippie movement to conclude that, while this god of ecstasy is worthy of contemporary reconsideration, it is vital to heed the warning of the ancients - "MEDEN AGAN" - nothing in excess.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-11
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Mars Uncovered: Ancient God of War
Overview: Bettany Hughes investigates the enduring relationship between warfare and worship, by following the trail of Mars, from Rome and Carthage to the present day.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-25
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Medieval Fightbook
Overview: Follow the close analysis of an ancient fight master's manuscript depicting combat techniques and devices used over 500 years ago.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-14
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Seven Wonders of the Buddhist World
Overview: In this fascinating documentary, historian Bettany Hughes travels to the seven wonders of the Buddhist world.Her journey begins at the Mahabodhi Temple in India, where Buddhism was born; here Hughes examines the foundations of the belief system - the three jewels.At Nepal's Boudhanath Stupa, she looks deeper into the concept of dharma - the teaching of Buddha, and at the Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka, Bettany explores karma, the idea that our intentional acts will be mirrored in the future.At Wat Pho Temple in Thailand, Hughes explores samsara, the endless cycle of birth and death that Buddhists seek to end by achieving enlightenment, before travelling to Angkor Wat in Cambodia to learn more about the practice of meditation.In Hong Kong, Hughes visits the Giant Buddha and looks more closely at Zen, before arriving at the final wonder, the Hsi Lai temple in Los Angeles, to discover more about the ultimate goal for all Buddhists - nirvana.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-06
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The Good Cheese
Overview: A heartless business owner plans to fire an employee so that he can afford to buy himself a fancy new sports car, but an unusual encounter at a local supermarket may cause him to think twice.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-02-29
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When the Moors Ruled in Europe - Double Listing - 214853
Overview: This program contends that the popular perception of the Muslim occupation of Spain toward the end of the first millennium is largely wrong. The eighth century Muslim invasion of the Iberian Pennisula was largely welcomed by the locals and rejuvenated the area with advanced technology, agriculture and a construction boom. This program describes these innovations. All this changed in the eleventh century when the regional government fragmented. That set the stage for the Christian invasion and the Islamic fundamentalist resistance leading to more of a civil war than a holy war that decimated the region with corruption, destruction and exile. Double Listing - movie/214853-when-the-moors-ruled-in-europe
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-05
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