Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Radio 4,·1103 episodes
The extraordinary mind and theories of the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung.
02 Dec 2004,·45 mins
The life and work of the Venerable Bede who revolutionised Christian scholarship.
25 Nov 2004,·30 mins
The history of the quest to find the Higgs Boson, also known as the 'God Particle'.
18 Nov 2004,·45 mins
The history of Zoroastrianism, claimed to be the first monotheistic religion.
11 Nov 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dawn of the age of electricity.
04 Nov 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discusses rhetoric; supported by Aristotle but reviled by Plato.
28 Oct 2004,·45 mins
The history of witchcraft in Reformation Europe.
21 Oct 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Han Synthesis philosophies of China.
14 Oct 2004,·45 mins
The life and work of French novelist, playwright and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.
07 Oct 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the cultural effect of the eighteenth century idea of Politeness.
30 Sep 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss when and how life on earth originated.
23 Sep 2004,·45 mins
The history and legacy of the English army's defeat of the French at Agincourt in 1415.
16 Sep 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the monster filled epic, Homer’s Odyssey.
09 Sep 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the history of the longest and most detailed number in nature.
02 Sep 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the first President of the US and what drove him to revolution.
24 Jun 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Renaissance obsession with Magic.
17 Jun 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the 17th century idea that all knowledge arises from experience.
10 Jun 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the truth behind the empire of Babylon.
03 Jun 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines our knowledge of the planets in both our and other solar systems.
27 May 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg looks at the politics behind the rise of religious freedom in England.
20 May 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the number between 1 and -1, once denounced as the devil's work.
13 May 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg explores what defines a hero, and their place in classical society.
06 May 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss tea, the first truly global commodity.
29 Apr 2004,·150 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how emotional experiences can become physical symptoms.
22 Apr 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the poetry, tragedy and idealism of Byron, Shelley and Keats.
15 Apr 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the concept of original sin and its influence in Christian Europe.
08 Apr 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the astonishing productivity of the Chinese Golden Age.
01 Apr 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg explores the 30 year search to solve all the biggest questions in physics.
25 Mar 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the myths and theology that inspired the Vikings.
11 Mar 2004,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the function and interpretation of dreams.
04 Mar 2004,·40 mins
