Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Radio 4,·1115 episodes
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the importance of the oath in the Classical World.
05 Jan 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the ‘Oresteia’, the seminal trilogy of tragedies by Aeschylus.
29 Dec 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas of heaven and the afterlife.
22 Dec 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the 1819 Peterloo Massacre and the brutality of the British state.
15 Dec 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg investigates artificial intelligence; can a computer imitate the human mind?
08 Dec 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.
01 Dec 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the search for the Graviton particle in physics.
24 Nov 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the American philosophy of pragmatism.
17 Nov 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg looks at the religious orders of the Dominicans and the Franciscans.
10 Nov 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the unique properties of asteroids.
03 Nov 2005,·45 mins
The life and work of Samuel Johnson, a giant of 18th century literature.
27 Oct 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Cynics, the performance artists of philosophy.
20 Oct 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise of the mammals which began 65 million years ago.
13 Oct 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the Field of the Cloth of Gold, and Tudor conspicuous consumption.
06 Oct 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and mysterious force of magnetism.
29 Sep 2005,·45 mins
The life and ideas of Karl Marx who changed the world with his Communist Manifesto.
14 Jul 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the life of glittering Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe.
07 Jul 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines Merlin, prophet, magician, king maker and the mad man of the woods.
30 Jun 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the KT Boundary and the extinction of the dinosaurs.
23 Jun 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the return of classical pagan thought in the Renaissance.
16 Jun 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the satirical 18th century Scriblerus Club.
09 Jun 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg explores Renaissance Mathematics, when maths moved from an art to a science.
02 Jun 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the reign of terror during the French Revolution.
26 May 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the qualities of beauty and the history of aesthetics.
19 May 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval tale of Abelard and Heloise.
05 May 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines perception: how the brain reacts to the mass of data crowding it.
28 Apr 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ‘The Aeneid’, Virgil's great epic poem about Rome.
21 Apr 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the link between archaeology and imperialism.
14 Apr 2005,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines King Alfred and the defeat of the Vikings at Battle of Edington.
07 Apr 2005,·45 mins
The life and work of one of the most influential figures of the Victorian era.
31 Mar 2005,·45 mins
