In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alan Turing (1912-1954) whose 1936 paper On Computable Numbers effec

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that God created the universe and then left it for humans t

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. When three witches prophesy

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas about the Stone Age people who created the extraordinary image

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pericles (495-429BC), the statesman who dominated the politics of A

In a programme first broadcast in May 2019, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Shelley's (1797-185

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the bonds that Scottish Presbyterians made between themselves and th

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the theoretical physicist Dirac (1902-1984), whose achievements far

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins of horses, from their dog sized ancestors to their proli

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the debate in Valladolid, Spain in 1550, over Spanish rights to ensl

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Roman military disaster of 9 AD when Germanic tribes under

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the works and life of one of the most popular writers in Europe in C

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alcuin of York, c735-804AD, who promoted education as a goal in itse

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the flow of particles from the outer region of the Sun which we obse

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian war and the social unr

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Catullus (c84-c54 BC) who wrote some of the most sublime poetry in t

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery in 1922 of Tutankhamun's 3000 year old tomb and its im

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and poetry of WH Auden (1907-1973) up to his departure from

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and social impact of coffee. From its origins in Ethiop

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss T.E. Lawrence (1888 – 1935), better known as Lawrence of Arabia, a t