Bettany Hughes' Treasures of the World

Channel 4 HD

7:20 PM to 8:20 PM

Saturday 1 November

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Bettany explores how communities have connected and thrived for millennia in Switzerland. She begins at the Jungfraujoch, stepping onto the Aletsch Glacier and meeting the custodians of its high-altitude research station. At the Great Saint Bernard Pass, she meets the priests of the hospice and explores their extraordinary archive. Alpine traditions are also examined, from William Tell's legend to cheese-making in Gstaad. Finally, in the medieval heart of Bern, she climbs the cathedral and explores the 500-year-old Zytglogge clock