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The Iron Age
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the dawn of the Iron Age.
The Bhagavad Gita
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Bhagavad Gita, a key text of Hinduism.
Octavia Hill
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian social reformer Octavia Hill.
The Neutrino
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the neutrino, the so-called 'ghost particle'.
The Pelagian Controversy
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the church's most significant doctrinal disputes.
Cogito Ergo Sum
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Rene Descartes' famous statement.
Islamic Law and its Origins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins of Islamic law.
The Anatomy of Melancholy
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Robert Burton's book The Anatomy of Melancholy.
Custer's Last Stand
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand.
Xenophon
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian and soldier Xenophon.
The Battle of Stamford Bridge
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
The Origins of Infectious Disease
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins of infectious disease.
Wyclif and the Lollards
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss John Wyclif and the Lollards.
Malthusianism
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Malthusianism.
Tennyson's In Memoriam
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem In Memoriam.
The Minoan Civilisation
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Minoan Civilisation of Bronze Age Crete.
The Hippocratic Oath
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Hippocratic Oath.
Shinto
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Japanese belief system of Shinto.
The Etruscan Civilisation
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Etruscan civilisation.
David Hume
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the Scottish philosopher David Hume.
The Ming Voyages
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Ming Voyages of discovery.
Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Delacroix's painting Liberty Leading the People.
The Siege of Tenochtitlan
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Siege of Tenochtitlan and fall of the Aztec Empire
The Moon
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins, science and mythology of the moon.
The Continental-Analytic Split
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Continental and Analytic philosophical traditions.
Ptolemy and Ancient Astronomy
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Ptolemy and ancient astronomy.
Judas Maccabeus
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revolutionary Jewish leader Judas Maccabeus.
Christina Rossetti
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian poet Christina Rossetti.
Heraclitus
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus.
The Concordat of Worms
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Concordat of Worms of 1122.
Robinson Crusoe
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Daniel Defoe's seminal novel Robinson Crusoe.