Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Radio 4,·1103 episodes
The history of London from its Neolithic origin to the digitalised capital city of today.
28 Sep 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg investigates how neuroscience can explain the enigmas of consciousness.
29 Jun 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines why the public is fascinated with the private lives of individuals.
22 Jun 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the true meaning of genius and whether it is born or made.
15 Jun 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg explores the veracity of modern claims about the culture of the Renaissance.
08 Jun 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the ideals that underwrite the idealism of America.
01 Jun 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg explores chemistry's ongoing mission to understand irreducible substances.
25 May 2000,·45 mins
The 15th century wars of the royal Houses of Lancaster and York.
18 May 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines what it is about Shakespeare’s work that makes it universal.
11 May 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the development of Western rituals and attitudes to death.
04 May 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the evolution of the human species.
27 Apr 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the characteristics of the English identity.
20 Apr 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines whether we are in a new era in the history of modern warfare.
13 Apr 2000,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the science of taxonomy; the classification of the natural world.
06 Apr 2000,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines whether we can ever predict the future by understanding the past.
30 Mar 2000,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the development and future of material culture.
23 Mar 2000,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg investigates what drove the Soviet leader Lenin, and enabled his successes.
16 Mar 2000,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the spread of religious doubt over the last three centuries.
09 Mar 2000,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg explores the enduring appeal of the Roman poet Ovid’s work Metamorphoses.
02 Mar 2000,·30 mins
The 20th century pursuit in physics for the ultimate theory of everything.
24 Feb 2000,·30 mins
The history of the politics, practice and process of reading.
17 Feb 2000,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg assesses the scientific legacy of the 18th century German poet Goethe.
10 Feb 2000,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines how English republicanism has developed from Cromwell to today.
03 Feb 2000,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between democracy and capitalism.
27 Jan 2000,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg investigates the changing ideals of masculinity in 20th century literature.
20 Jan 2000,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg explores the social and economic consequences of the information revolution.
13 Jan 2000,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines predictions and solutions for global warming and rising sea levels.
06 Jan 2000,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the history of mankind’s attempt to understand the nature of time.
30 Dec 1999,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the purpose and effects of prayer.
23 Dec 1999,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the technological advances and ethics of modern medicine.
16 Dec 1999,·30 mins
