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.

Helen of Troy. In classical mythology, her beauty was so legendary it started a decade-long war that culminated in the city of Troy being razed to the ground. In this TV movie, historian Bettany Hughes travels across the Mediterranean to investigate the truth behind the stories.—Tom Daly