Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential economists from the age of Adam Smith an
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Euripides' great tragedy, which was first performed in Athens in 405
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the devastating mass extinctions of the Late Devonian Period, roughl
In this 900th edition of the programme, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the best known and mo
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the man who, according to Machiavelli, was the last of the Five Good
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea and experience of Christian pilgrimage in Europe from the 1
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most famous museum objects in the world, shown in the ima
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the outstanding French mathematicians and natural philosopher
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Northumbrian man who, for 500 years, was the pre-eminent English
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the plague that broke out in Constantinople 541AD, in the reign of E
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss F Scott Fitzgerald’s finest novel, published in 1925, one of the gre
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss solar eclipses, some of life’s most extraordinary moments, when day
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Chairman Mao and the revolt he led within his own party from 1966, s
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Wesley (1703 - 1791) and the movement he was to lead and inspir
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Portuguese poet Pessoa (1888-1935) who was largely unknown in hi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the notorious events off Jamaica in 1781 and their background. The
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) who achieved fame
The philosopher Mary Astell (1666 – 1731) has been described as “the first English feminist”. Born i
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Langland's poem, written around 1370, about a man called Wil
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Maria Theresa (1717-1780) who inherited the Austrian throne in 1740
