Tonight at 9pm on BBC Four, historian Bettany Hughes is looking at the god Bacchus in a documentary called Bacchus Uncovered: Ancient God of Ecstasy
She travels to Georgia, Jordan, Greece and Britain to investigate is origins and also ways in which the god of wine, revelry, theatre and excess is presented in the modern world.
You can find out more about the programme and watch some clips from it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09z8d01
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