East to West: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This series tells the story of the birth and flourishing of civilisation in the Middle East and its huge influence on the West. From the foundation of science, monotheism, commerce, justice, civil rights and artistic expression - look Eastward. The series contends that history that starts from an ancient Greek perspective distorts the true path of civilisation. For crucial phases in world history, the political, economic and cultural centre was the Middle East.

Series details

• Title: East to West
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2012-03-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-11-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ARTE
• Network country: France
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 68909
• IMDb ID: tt2362466
• TVDB ID: 270350

Cast and credited roles

• Bettany Hughes — Bettany Hughes

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-03-06; final listed air date 2012-11-17; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from East to West on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.