Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Radio 4,·1114 episodes
The cultural history of food in Modern Europe since the Renaissance.
27 Dec 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests assess the role that Rome has played in European civilization.
20 Dec 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the development of the science of genetics.
13 Dec 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Oscar Wilde, his literary legacy and the Aesthetes.
06 Dec 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the highs and lows of the Third Crusade.
29 Nov 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg explores what science has revealed, and we still don't know, about the sea.
22 Nov 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss surrealism, the art of the unconscious.
15 Nov 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ethos and legacy of the British Empire.
08 Nov 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the chinese philosophy of Confucianism.
01 Nov 2001,·45 mins
The comparative histories of two titans of 19th century history.
25 Oct 2001,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the origins of the most cherished form of government in the world.
18 Oct 2001,·45 mins
The culture, history and legacy of the eastern Byzantine Empire.
19 Jul 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Charles Dickens.
12 Jul 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the origins of the Earth.
05 Jul 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the 20th century philosophy of existentialism
28 Jun 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Sonnet, the most enduring form in the poet’s armoury.
21 Jun 2001,·41 mins
The impact and legacy of the French Revolution on European culture and politics.
14 Jun 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the notion of evil in western philosophy.
03 May 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the movement that embraced Joyce, DH Lawrence and Virginia Woolf.
26 Apr 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg considers whether the events of 1688 were really glorious or revolutionary.
19 Apr 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Black Holes, the ghosts of massive stars.
12 Apr 2001,·45 mins
The causes and events of the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century.
05 Apr 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the western understanding of the Philosophy of Love since Plato.
29 Mar 2001,·41 mins
The significance of fossils in history and the impact of techniques in understanding them.
22 Mar 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests consider the enigma of the life of William Shakespeare
15 Mar 2001,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines whether economic factors really are behind all historical events.
01 Mar 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 20th century attempts to understand the Quantum world.
22 Feb 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg looks at the reign of Charles II and the consequences of the Restoration.
15 Feb 2001,·45 mins
The history and legacy of classical Humanism, invented by Cicero.
08 Feb 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines whether agriculture or trade drove 19th century British imperialism.
01 Feb 2001,·40 mins
