Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the doctrine of Karma as developed initially among Hindus, Jains and
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss "The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling" (1749) by Henry Fielding (17
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Saga of the Earls of Orkney, as told in the 13th Century by an u
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the canonical figures from the history of political thought.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman who, for almost fifty years, was the most powerful figure
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most significant philosophers of the twentieth century,
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 'the greatest poet of his age', Thomas Wyatt (1503 -1542), who brou
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the planet which is closest to our Sun. We see it as an evening or
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the greatest European playwrights of the twentieth century. T
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Napoleon Bonaparte's temporary return to power in France in 1815, fo
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristophanes' comedy in which the women of Athens and Sparta, led by
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) and his role
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Finnish epic poem that first appeared in print in 1835 in what w
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the last pagan ruler of the Roman Empire. Fifty years after Constan
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dance which, from when it reached Britain in the early nineteent
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revolt that broke out in 1871 in Algeria against French rule, sp
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German physicist who, at the age of 23 and while still a student
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the infamous assault of an army of the Holy Roman Emperor on the cit
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lewis Carroll's book which first appeared in print in 1865 with illu
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss some of the chemical signals coursing through our bodies throughout