Foxtel highlights:

Wednesday, September 9

The Swamp Fox Showcase 115, 8.30pm

This two-hour documentary looks at the inner workings of Washington, D.C. politics and follows three renegade Republican Congressmen – Matt Gaetz, Thomas Massie and Ken Buck (pictured) – over the course of a pivotal year as they champion President Donald Trump’s call to “drain the swamp”. With unique behind-the-scenes access to the House amid major breaking news events, including the Robert Mueller hearing and presidential impeachment proceedings, the film presents a revealing look at the core democratic institution of American government that rewards fundraising above all else, plaguing Congress on both sides of the aisle. The Swamp is directed by Daniel Di Mauro and Morgan Pehme (Get Me Roger Stone).

Top Ten Treasures: Egyptian Mummies History 608, 7.30pm

In this two-part special, professor

Bettany Hughes takes viewers on a bespoke journey across Egypt, revealing her top ten treasures of ancient Egypt. The historian begins her journey at the Nile Delta in the north of Egypt, and travels to the shores of Lake Nasser in the far south, taking in stunning sites including the Great Sphinx, the original location of the Rosetta Stone, the Valley of the Kings and the Giza Plateau. Along the way she’ll meet leading experts and Egyptologists who shine new light on old treasures, with plenty of stories thrown in for good measure. When all is said and done, the ground-breaking achievements of the ancient Egyptians turn out to be quite the sights to behold.