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 12th century Islamic philosopher, Averroes.
05 Oct 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the Prussian naturalist and explorer, Alexander Von Humboldt.
28 Sep 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg explores comedy in Ancient Greek theatre including Aristophanes and Menander.
13 Jul 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss pastoral literature from Virgil to Dylan Thomas.
06 Jul 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the creation and destruction of galaxies.
29 Jun 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the Spanish Inquisition, defenders of medieval orthodoxy.
22 Jun 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss carbon, which forms the basis of all organic life.
15 Jun 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 19th century anti-slavery novel, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
08 Jun 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas about the heart.
01 Jun 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the mathematical structures that lie within the heart of music.
25 May 2006,·45 mins
The life and ideas of the 19th century political philosopher John Stuart Mill.
18 May 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 5000 year cultural history of fairies.
11 May 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the relationship between astronomy and British Imperial expansion.
04 May 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the exhibition that showcased Victorian Britain's industrial might.
27 Apr 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the search for immunisation and its impact on society.
20 Apr 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the 19th century Catholic movement within the Church of England.
13 Apr 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Jorge Luis Borges.
06 Apr 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great German polymath, Johann Wolfgang Goethe.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Emperor Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance.
30 Mar 2006,·45 mins
The history of the formation of the Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy.
23 Mar 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg considers the importance of the 17th century Spanish novel Don Quixote.
16 Mar 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss negative numbers, a history of mystery and suspicion.
09 Mar 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of friendship; ‘a single soul dwelling in two bodies’.
02 Mar 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Empress who transformed and modernized Russia.
23 Feb 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the six million year old story of human evolution.
16 Feb 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English literature.
09 Feb 2006,·60 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the Abbasid Caliphs, rulers of the Islamic world for 200 years.
02 Feb 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the controversy and scandal of 17th century print culture.
26 Jan 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss relativism; a philosophy with no absolute truths.
19 Jan 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines prime numbers and their mysterious role in the universe of numbers.
12 Jan 2006,·45 mins
