Treasures With Bettany HughesSeason 5, Episode 3 - Switzerland: Stories Through Time

Historian Bettany Hughes journeys through Switzerland's mountains, exploring how communities have thrived for millennia. She steps onto the Aletsch Glacier at Jungfraujoch, meets the custodians of the high-altitude research station, and visits the Great Saint Bernard Pass with its hospice and rescue dogs. Bettany traces Alpine traditions from William Tell in Lucerne to cheese-making in Gstaad, before exploring Bern's medieval heart, climbing the cathedral and discovering the 500-year-old Zytglogge clock.

Treasures With Bettany Hughes was broadcast on SBS ONE at Thursday 2 April 2026, 08:30.