In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Shelley's Gothic story of a monster brought to life

16 May 2019,·55 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Henri Bergson's ideas about our experience of time passing

09 May 2019,·51 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes of the violence of June 1780 and repercussions.

02 May 2019,·50 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most notorious rulers of ancient Rome.

25 Apr 2019,·51 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's comedy, one of his most popular plays

18 Apr 2019,·54 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how teeth evolved in our toothless ancestors - and why.

11 Apr 2019,·49 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes and consequences of the Famine of 1845-49.

04 Apr 2019,·57 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Danish impact on England in 9th and 10th centuries.

28 Mar 2019,·50 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 'the only influential poet of the Victorian age'.

21 Mar 2019,·47 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what it means to be oneself

14 Mar 2019,·50 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most powerful man in the court of Elizabeth I.

07 Mar 2019,·51 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry and context of this pre-Islamic Arabian knight

28 Feb 2019,·49 mins

A discussion of the chemicals that animals use in order to affect others of their species.

21 Feb 2019,·49 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how this Bible story has inspired artists for centuries.

14 Feb 2019,·49 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientific study of life, originated by Aristotle.

07 Feb 2019,·50 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fight for Welsh independence in the early 15th century

31 Jan 2019,·48 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of one of the great 20th-century mathematicians.

24 Jan 2019,·48 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the playwright and novelist, author of Waiting for Godot

17 Jan 2019,·48 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that Popes cannot err in exercise of their office

10 Jan 2019,·51 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the planet closest to Earth, sometimes called Earth's twin

27 Dec 2018,·50 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Poor Law of 1834 and the rise of the workhouse

20 Dec 2018,·50 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the greatest poems from medieval England

13 Dec 2018,·51 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the devastating war across the Holy Roman Empire 1618-1648

06 Dec 2018,·50 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Red Army's retreat across China, from October 1934

29 Nov 2018,·50 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of hope - a weakness or a strength?

22 Nov 2018,·53 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman poet Horace, who flourished under Augustus.

15 Nov 2018,·48 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Austrian princess, guillotined as Queen of France.

08 Nov 2018,·49 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the molecules linked to cell functioning and ageing

01 Nov 2018,·42 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mandeville's work on the public benefit of private vices.

25 Oct 2018,·42 mins

Melvyn Bragg discusses the impact of Shakespeare's approach to history (programme 2 of 2).

18 Oct 2018,·42 mins