Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Radio 4,·1104 episodes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the playwright and his tragedies of middle-class life.
31 May 2018,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Queen of England at the start of the Wars of the Roses
24 May 2018,·50 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the freeing of a third of Russians from serfdom in 1861.
17 May 2018,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval Welsh stories of Celtic mythology.
10 May 2018,·48 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great empires of the Islamic west.
03 May 2018,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Proton, found in the nuclei of all elements.
26 Apr 2018,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George Eliot's greatest novel, published 1871-72.
19 Apr 2018,·51 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George and Robert Stephenson and the birth of railways.
12 Apr 2018,·50 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between slavery and the power of Rome.
05 Apr 2018,·50 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of American democracy.
22 Mar 2018,·50 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Augustine's account of his conversion to Christianity.
15 Mar 2018,·47 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss evictions and migrations in the 18th and 19th centuries.
08 Mar 2018,·51 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential ancient Chinese work on military strategy.
01 Mar 2018,·48 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pioneering scientist Rosalind Franklin.
22 Feb 2018,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss fungi.
15 Feb 2018,·48 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Frederick Douglass, born to slavery.
08 Feb 2018,·52 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the biology of squid, octopus, cuttlefish and nautilus.
01 Feb 2018,·47 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosophy of Marcus Tullius Cicero.
25 Jan 2018,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the celebrated Russian poet.
18 Jan 2018,·48 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ottoman attack on the Knights Hospitaller in Malta.
11 Jan 2018,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's best known, longest and most quoted play.
28 Dec 2017,·52 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and influence of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
21 Dec 2017,·50 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, murder and impact of Thomas Becket (c 1118-1170)
14 Dec 2017,·52 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most popular idea sent in by listeners.
07 Dec 2017,·51 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gauss, one of the great mathematicians.
30 Nov 2017,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek city of Thebes in myth, drama and history.
23 Nov 2017,·46 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and works of the great woman of letters.
16 Nov 2017,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss history and culture of the Picts.
09 Nov 2017,·56 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events behind and impact of Picasso's iconic work.
02 Nov 2017,·54 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss which dinosaurs were feathered, and their links to birds.
26 Oct 2017,·48 mins
