In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.

Episodes

Total: 1072

Tragedy

1999/12/2

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the ancient genre of tragedy and examines whether we

Consciousness

1999/11/25

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the problems of consciousness, one of the greatest mysteries facing

Progress

1999/11/18

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss progress. As man has grown in years and knowledge, has he also progr

The Novel

1999/11/11

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the development and the future of the novel. D.H. Lawrence was proud

Education

1999/11/4

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and the modern purpose of education. Nobody - would argu

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the widespread and chilling atrocities of the 20th century. Just ove

The Individual

1999/10/21

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the concept of the individual. The Renaissance gave b

The Nation State

1999/10/14

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Nation State. When we speak of our island story which island do

Utopia

1999/10/7

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the concept of Utopia. Both the idea of, and the longing for a perfe

Maths and Storytelling

1999/9/30

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between maths and storytelling. Is there a hidden m

Genetic Determinism

1999/9/23

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the theory of Genetic Determinism. In the middle of the last century

Pain

1999/7/22

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss pain; something of which everyone has an individual experience. What

Truth, Lies and Fiction

1999/7/15

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss truth, lies and fiction. In 1995 a book appeared which brought its a

Africa

1999/7/8

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Africa. It could be seen as the great test of the West; economically

Intelligence

1999/7/1

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a question that has stalked the twentieth century: Intelligence. Sin

Capitalism

1999/6/24

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss capitalism throughout the last two centuries. In 1848 Karl Marx in T

The Great Disruption

1999/6/17

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the shift that has gone on through the 20th century from our being a

The Monarchy

1999/6/10

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the British monarchy. In the last two hundred and fifty years, we’ve

Just War

1999/6/3

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea of a just war. There were theories about a justified or nob

Memory and Culture

1999/5/27

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss memory. At the start of the twentieth century Freud put memory at th