Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Finnish epic poem that first appeared in print in 1835 in what was then... more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the last pagan ruler of the Roman Empire. Fifty years after Constantine the Great... more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dance which, from when it reached Britain in the early nineteenth century, revolutionised the... more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revolt that broke out in 1871 in Algeria against French rule, spreading over hundreds... more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German physicist who, at the age of 23 and while still a student, effectively... more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the infamous assault of an army of the Holy Roman Emperor on the city of... more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lewis Carroll's book which first appeared in print in 1865 with illustrations by John Tenniel.... more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss some of the chemical signals coursing through our bodies throughout our lives, produced in separate... more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Hanseatic League or Hansa which dominated North European trade in the medieval period. With... more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that some kind of consciousness is present not just in our human... more