Season 1 of Genius of the Ancient World was released on August 5 and consists of 3 episodes.
Episodes
1: Buddha
Aug 5, 2015
Bettany Hughes travels to India to investigate the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha.
2: Socrates
Aug 12, 2015
Bettany Hughes is in Greece, on the trail of the influential maverick thinker Socrates.
3: Confucius
Aug 19, 2015
Bettany Hughes visits China on the trail of Confucius, a great sage of Chinese history.
Originals for BBC
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