Bettany Hughes

Bettany Hughes

Bettany Hughes (born 1968) is a broadcaster and writer.

She has presented several Channel 4 television documentaries on ancient history.

Biography

Hughes was educated at Notting Hill & Ealing High School, in Ealing. She won a scholarship to read Ancient and Modern History at St Hilda's College, University of Oxford, achieving a 2:1. After graduating she travelled through Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Her father is the actor Peter Hughes and her brother is the cricketer and journalist Simon Hughes. Her husband is Adrian Evans, the creator and producer of Archaos and the director of the South Bank Thames Festival.

Television series

* Helen of Troy — produced by Lion TV
* When The Moors Ruled In Europe
* The Spartans - produced by Lion TV, three 60-minute episodes
* The Minoans
* Seven Ages of Britain — a social history from the Ice Age to the Industrial Revolution
* Mysteries of the Ancients
* Breaking the Seal
* . Former title "Athens: the Truth about Democracy"

BBC Radio

* Amongst the Medici - 3 parts, BBC Radio 4, February-March 2006.
* Byzantium Unearthed - 3 parts, BBC Radio 4, October 2008

Books

* "", 2005. ISBN 0-224-07177-7.

Trivia

During a debate on "Starkey's Last Word" on 4th December 2006 she said she had always voted Labour.

When asked by the "Evening Standard" the question, "If there were three, beautiful naked women standing in front of you, which one would you pick? Does this have any relevance to economics?" Bettany answered, "I would have a bit of a lesbian something going on with this one. I would find a reason to pick all of them to justify taking all three of them home." [http://www.gulfnews.com/world/United_Kingdom/10074887.html]

External links

* [http://www.womenspeakers.co.uk/speakerdetail.asp?speakerid=62 Public Speaking] information
* [http://news.corporate.findlaw.com/prnewswire/20050914/14sep20051545.html PBS presents Helen of Troy] , PRNewswire, September 14, 2005
* [http://www.bettanyhughes.co.uk/ www.bettanyhughes.co.uk] Official Website
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-768956312207897325 When The Moors Ruled In Europe] Video (102 mins)


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