Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Radio 4,·1103 episodes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the role of animals in humankind’s search for knowledge.
18 Mar 1999,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the importance of geography and ecology in shaping world history.
11 Mar 1999,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the enduring popular and academic appeal of Shakespeare.
04 Mar 1999,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the history and legacy of 20th Century Avant Garde painting.
25 Feb 1999,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg looks at how cyberspace has introduced a new concept of space in our world.
18 Feb 1999,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss whether the formation of language is innate or cultural.
11 Feb 1999,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the relevance of psychoanalysis at the end of the 20th century.
04 Feb 1999,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg looks at the ethical, economic and biological implications of living longer.
28 Jan 1999,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the definition and state of modern culture in the 20th century.
21 Jan 1999,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the implications of the developments in genetic engineering.
14 Jan 1999,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the development of the empowerment of women in the 20th century.
07 Jan 1999,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the impact of Britain’s colonial past on its current identity.
31 Dec 1998,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the little we know and what we don’t yet know about the brain.
24 Dec 1998,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines how legitimate it is to call the 20th century the American century.
17 Dec 1998,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines what impact globalisation has had on human rights.
10 Dec 1998,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg considers the relevance of the study of history in the 20th century.
03 Dec 1998,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the changing ideas about the function of work in the 20th century.
26 Nov 1998,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss our knowledge of memory and the functioning of the brain.
19 Nov 1998,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg looks at the innovative developments of the city in the 20th century.
12 Nov 1998,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines how perceptions of science have changed in the 20th century.
05 Nov 1998,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines whether science has ruined our sense of poetic wonder at the world.
29 Oct 1998,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses politics and morality with Gore Vidal and Alan Clarke.
22 Oct 1998,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg explores ideas that have influenced 20th century human rights and warfare.
15 Oct 1998,·30 mins
