Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Radio 4,·1103 episodes
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
Melvyn Bragg explores the areas of conflict and agreement between science and religion.
25 Jan 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the role of British thinkers in the 18th century Enlightenment.
18 Jan 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines whether mathematics is a process of invention or of discovery.
11 Jan 2001,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the origins and significance of the 18th century Gothic movement.
04 Jan 2001,·45 mins
The history of the philosophy that claims that truths are illusory.
16 Nov 2000,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg assesses the role of Freudian analysis in understanding literature.
09 Nov 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg explores the basis and context for the ideas of Evolutionary Psychology.
02 Nov 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg looks at the re-shaping of England as a modern state by the Tudor dynasty.
26 Oct 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg considers whether what is true in physics is true in all areas of existence.
19 Oct 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideals, exponents and legacy of Romanticism.
12 Oct 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany though historiographical theories.
05 Oct 2000,·45 mins
