In Our Time

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.

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Fairies
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 5000 year cultural history of fairies.
11 May 2006,45 mins
Astronomy and Empire
Melvyn Bragg examines the relationship between astronomy and British Imperial expansion.
04 May 2006,45 mins
The Great Exhibition of 1851
Melvyn Bragg examines the exhibition that showcased Victorian Britain's industrial might.
27 Apr 2006,45 mins
Immunisation
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the search for immunisation and its impact on society.
20 Apr 2006,45 mins
The Oxford Movement
Melvyn Bragg examines the 19th century Catholic movement within the Church of England.
13 Apr 2006,45 mins
Jorge Luis Borges
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Jorge Luis Borges.
06 Apr 2006,45 mins
Goethe
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great German polymath, Johann Wolfgang Goethe.
06 Apr 2006,45 mins
The Carolingian Renaissance
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Emperor Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance.
30 Mar 2006,45 mins
The Royal Society
The history of the formation of the Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy.
23 Mar 2006,45 mins
Don Quixote
Melvyn Bragg considers the importance of the 17th century Spanish novel Don Quixote.
16 Mar 2006,45 mins
Negative Numbers
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss negative numbers, a history of mystery and suspicion.
09 Mar 2006,45 mins
Friendship
Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of friendship; ‘a single soul dwelling in two bodies’.
02 Mar 2006,45 mins
Catherine the Great
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Empress who transformed and modernized Russia.
23 Feb 2006,45 mins
Human Evolution
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the six million year old story of human evolution.
16 Feb 2006,45 mins
Chaucer
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English literature.
09 Feb 2006,60 mins
The Abbasid Caliphs
Melvyn Bragg examines the Abbasid Caliphs, rulers of the Islamic world for 200 years.
02 Feb 2006,45 mins
Seventeenth Century Print Culture
Melvyn Bragg examines the controversy and scandal of 17th century print culture.
26 Jan 2006,45 mins
Relativism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss relativism; a philosophy with no absolute truths.
19 Jan 2006,45 mins
Prime Numbers
Melvyn Bragg examines prime numbers and their mysterious role in the universe of numbers.
12 Jan 2006,45 mins
The Oath
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the importance of the oath in the Classical World.
05 Jan 2006,45 mins
The Oresteia
Melvyn Bragg examines the ‘Oresteia’, the seminal trilogy of tragedies by Aeschylus.
29 Dec 2005,45 mins
Heaven
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas of heaven and the afterlife.
22 Dec 2005,45 mins
The Peterloo Massacre
Melvyn Bragg examines the 1819 Peterloo Massacre and the brutality of the British state.
15 Dec 2005,45 mins
Artificial Intelligence
Melvyn Bragg investigates artificial intelligence; can a computer imitate the human mind?
08 Dec 2005,45 mins
Hobbes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.
01 Dec 2005,45 mins
The Graviton
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the search for the Graviton particle in physics.
24 Nov 2005,45 mins
Pragmatism
Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the American philosophy of pragmatism.
17 Nov 2005,45 mins
Greyfriars and Blackfriars
Melvyn Bragg looks at the religious orders of the Dominicans and the Franciscans.
10 Nov 2005,45 mins
Asteroids
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the unique properties of asteroids.
03 Nov 2005,45 mins
Johnson
The life and work of Samuel Johnson, a giant of 18th century literature.
27 Oct 2005,45 mins