In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman empress Agrippina the Younger.

31 Mar 2016,·46 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

24 Mar 2016,·46 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the early history of Bethlehem Hospital, known as Bedlam.

17 Mar 2016,·46 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Maya civilization in central America.

10 Mar 2016,·46 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch East India Company.

03 Mar 2016,·46 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Magdalene, one of the best-known figures in the Bible

25 Feb 2016,·44 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 17th-century scientist Robert Hooke.

18 Feb 2016,·48 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry of Rumi (1207-1273).

11 Feb 2016,·46 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins, development and uses of chromatography.

04 Feb 2016,·47 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Eleanor of Aquitaine, the most powerful woman of her time.

28 Jan 2016,·44 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, published in 1776.

21 Jan 2016,·45 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the planet Saturn.

14 Jan 2016,·46 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the story of Tristan and Iseult.

31 Dec 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientist Michael Faraday.

24 Dec 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss circadian rhythms.

17 Dec 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Chinese Legalism from the time of the First Emperor.

10 Dec 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the voyages of James Cook, as suggested by listeners.

03 Dec 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Salem witch trials.

26 Nov 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emma, the novel by Jane Austen.

19 Nov 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Battle of Lepanto, 1571.

12 Nov 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematical problem of P versus NP.

05 Nov 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the empire of Mali.

29 Oct 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, work and life of Simone de Beauvoir.

22 Oct 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Holbein at the court of Henry VIII.

15 Oct 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and legacy of Alexander the Great.

01 Oct 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss perpetual motion.

24 Sep 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Frida Kahlo.

09 Jul 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Frederick II, king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786.

02 Jul 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss extremophiles and astrobiology.

25 Jun 2015,·43 mins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, first published in 1847.

18 Jun 2015,·43 mins