In Our Time Episodes Episode guide
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Penicillin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery of penicillin.
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Margery Kempe and English Mysticism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Margery Kempe, the medieval English mystic.
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The Gettysburg Address
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863.
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The Muses
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Muses in Greek mythology and after.
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Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot'
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Titus Oates and his fictitious Popish Plot.
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
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Euclid's Elements
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Elements of Euclid.
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1816, the Year Without a Summer
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 1816, known as the year without a summer.
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The Neutron
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the neutron.
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The Sikh Empire
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Empire.
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Agrippina the Younger
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman empress Agrippina the Younger.
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Aurora Leigh
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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Bedlam
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the early history of Bethlehem Hospital, known as Bedlam.
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The Maya Civilization
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Maya civilization in central America.
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The Dutch East India Company
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch East India Company.
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Mary Magdalene
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Magdalene, one of the best-known figures in the Bible
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Robert Hooke
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 17th-century scientist Robert Hooke.
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Rumi's Poetry
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry of Rumi (1207-1273).
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Chromatography
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins, development and uses of chromatography.
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Eleanor of Aquitaine, the most powerful woman of her time.
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Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, published in 1776.
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Saturn
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the planet Saturn.
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Tristan and Iseult
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the story of Tristan and Iseult.
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Michael Faraday
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientist Michael Faraday.
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Circadian Rhythms
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss circadian rhythms.
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Chinese Legalism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Chinese Legalism from the time of the First Emperor.
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Voyages of James Cook
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the voyages of James Cook, as suggested by listeners.
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The Salem Witch Trials
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Salem witch trials.
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Emma
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emma, the novel by Jane Austen.
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The Battle of Lepanto
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Battle of Lepanto, 1571.
