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Angels
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the heavenly host of Angels.
John Ruskin
The life and work of one of the most influential figures of the Victorian era.
Alfred and the Battle of Edington
Melvyn Bragg examines King Alfred and the defeat of the Vikings at Battle of Edington.
Archaeology and Imperialism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the link between archaeology and imperialism.
The Aeneid
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ‘The Aeneid’, Virgil's great epic poem about Rome.
Perception and the Senses
Melvyn Bragg examines perception: how the brain reacts to the mass of data crowding it.
Abelard and Heloise
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval tale of Abelard and Heloise.
Beauty
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the qualities of beauty and the history of aesthetics.
The French Revolution's reign of terror
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the reign of terror during the French Revolution.
Renaissance Maths
Melvyn Bragg explores Renaissance Mathematics, when maths moved from an art to a science.
The Scriblerus Club
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the satirical 18th century Scriblerus Club.
Paganism in the Renaissance
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the return of classical pagan thought in the Renaissance.
The KT Boundary
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the KT Boundary and the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Merlin
Melvyn Bragg examines Merlin, prophet, magician, king maker and the mad man of the woods.
Marlowe
Melvyn Bragg examines the life of glittering Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe.
Marx
The life and ideas of Karl Marx who changed the world with his Communist Manifesto.
Magnetism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and mysterious force of magnetism.
The Field of the Cloth of Gold
Melvyn Bragg examines the Field of the Cloth of Gold, and Tudor conspicuous consumption.
Mammals
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise of the mammals which began 65 million years ago.
Cynicism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Cynics, the performance artists of philosophy.
Johnson
The life and work of Samuel Johnson, a giant of 18th century literature.
Asteroids
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the unique properties of asteroids.
Greyfriars and Blackfriars
Melvyn Bragg looks at the religious orders of the Dominicans and the Franciscans.
Pragmatism
Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the American philosophy of pragmatism.
The Graviton
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the search for the Graviton particle in physics.
Hobbes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.
Artificial Intelligence
Melvyn Bragg investigates artificial intelligence; can a computer imitate the human mind?
The Peterloo Massacre
Melvyn Bragg examines the 1819 Peterloo Massacre and the brutality of the British state.
Heaven
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas of heaven and the afterlife.
The Oresteia
Melvyn Bragg examines the ‘Oresteia’, the seminal trilogy of tragedies by Aeschylus.
The Oath
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the importance of the oath in the Classical World.