Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Radio 4,·1115 episodes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Industrial Revolution.
23 Dec 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Daoism, the ancient Chinese philosophy and religion.
16 Dec 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the American technological pioneer Thomas Edison.
09 Dec 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Cleopatra, the famed last pharaoh of Egypt.
02 Dec 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of metaphor.
25 Nov 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
18 Nov 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Volga Vikings.
11 Nov 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the role played by women in Enlightenment science.
04 Nov 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and mythology of the unicorn.
28 Oct 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of logic.
21 Oct 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the German artistic movement known as Sturm und Drang.
14 Oct 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Spanish Armada.
07 Oct 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Delphic Oracle.
30 Sep 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss imaginary numbers.
23 Sep 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pliny's Natural History, one of the first encyclopedias.
08 Jul 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the reign of Athelstan, the first king of all England.
01 Jul 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the Antarctic and its exploration.
24 Jun 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the evolution and characteristics of the Neanderthals.
17 Jun 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Central Asian scientist and historian al-Biruni.
10 Jun 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher, politician and writer Edmund Burke.
03 Jun 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists.
27 May 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the scientific achievements of the Cavendish family.
20 May 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James.
13 May 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Cool Universe.
06 May 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Great Wall of China.
29 Apr 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Roman satire.
22 Apr 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise and fall of the Zulu Nation.
15 Apr 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of the essayist William Hazlitt.
08 Apr 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the city.
01 Apr 2010,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise of the city, from its Bronze Age origins to 1800.
25 Mar 2010,·45 mins
