In a fascinating history of influential ideas, Bettany Hughes begins each programme with the first extant evidence of a single word that expresses an idea in ancient Greek culture, and investigates how each idea has been moulded by history, and how it has shaped us.
Psyche : Bettany examines her own psyche by lying on Sigmund Freud’s famous couch. She also travels to Athens to see where these ideas were born, and explores how they continue to morph and influence our daily lives.