Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise and eventual decline of the Venetian Empire.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1886 bombing in Chicago amid violent labour conflict.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most prominent Victorian politicians.
Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Saga of the Earls of Orkney up to the 13th century.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great figures in the history of political ideas
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman who dominated China's court for almost 50 years.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Napoleon Bonaparte's surprise coup in 1815 before Waterloo
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the emperor who aimed to return Christian Rome to paganism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a major Algerian uprising against French rule in 1871.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Roman Emperor's army's notorious attack on Romans
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval trading network the Hanseatic League.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and impact of ancient Egypt's best-known queen.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the man born in Republican Rome who became second Emperor.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss writer and Renaissance queen Marguerite de Navarre.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Veblen on conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of North African privateers on law and language
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hamilton, Madison and Jay's urgings for a US Constitution.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Keynes' influential attack on the Treaty of Versailles
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and reign of the French king who built Versailles
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1637-8 Christian uprising in Japan.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1346 conflict between the armies of France and England
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dane who became a powerful King of England in 1016.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the statesman who transformed Athens in the 6th century BC
