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The Magna Carta
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Magna Carta.
The Siege of Vienna
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1683 siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Army.
The Whale - A History
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the evolutionary history of the whale.
St Paul
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influence of St Paul on the early Christian church.
The Trial of Charles I
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the trial of Charles I.
The Augustan Age
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Augustan Age in Rome.
Elizabethan Revenge
Melvyn Bragg discusses why revenge tragedy was so popular with Elizabethan theatre goers.
Sunni and Shia Islam
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins of the split between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims
Logical Positivism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the radical philosophy of the Vienna Circle.
Ediacara Biota
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ediacara Biota.
St Thomas Aquinas
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Thomas Aquinas.
Calculus
The dispute between Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz over who invented calculus.
Akhenaten
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Pharaoh Akhenaten.
The Dreyfus Affair
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dreyfus Affair, which tore France apart in the 1890s.
The Death of Elizabeth I
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the death of Queen Elizabeth I.
The Geological Formation of Britain
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the geological formation of Britain.
Schopenhauer
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.
The Siege of Munster
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Siege of Munster in 1534-35.
Radiation
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery of radiation, from radio waves to gamma rays
Sparta
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta.
Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
The Silk Road
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Silk Road, the trade routes which spanned Asia.
Pythagoras
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans.
The Samurai
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and myth of the Samurai.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft.
The Frankfurt School
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and influence of the Frankfurt School.
The Glencoe Massacre
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Glencoe Massacre of 1692.
Silas Marner
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George Eliot's 1861 novel Silas Marner.
Ibn Khaldun
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 14th-century Arab philosopher of history Ibn Khaldun.
Mathematics' Unintended Consequences
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the unintended consequences of mathematical discoveries.
The Indian Mutiny
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the rebellion which followed