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Food
The cultural history of food in Modern Europe since the Renaissance.
Sensibility
Melvyn Bragg examines the ideas behind the 18th century literary cult of sensibility.
Nuclear Physics
Melvyn Bragg examines the 20th century development of nuclear physics as a science.
Catharism
Melvyn Bragg examines the Cathars, a medieval European Christian sect accused of heresy.
Happiness
Melvyn Bragg considers whether 'happiness' means living a life of pleasure or of virtue.
Yeats and Mysticism
Melvyn Bragg explores the strange and mystical world of the Irish poet W B Yeats.
The Universe's Shape
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the shape, size and topology of the universe.
Anatomy
The 2000 year old history of mankind's quest to understand the human body.
The Celts
Melvyn Bragg examines what we really know about the Celts of pre-Roman Britain.
Virtue
Melvyn Bragg explores the meaning and purpose of the philosophical concept of virtue.
Milton
Melvyn Bragg examines both the literary and political careers of the poet John Milton.
The Buddha
The life of Siddhartha Gautama and the legacy of his teachings.
Marriage
The history of marriage from ancient Greek and Babylonian times to today.
The Artist
Melvyn Bragg explores the history and changing the status of the artist.
Extra Terrestrials
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss our chances of ever discovering life on another planet.
Bohemia
The history of the ancient kingdom and its religious, national and ethnic ideologies.
Tolstoy
Melvyn Bragg explores the life and work of the 19th century Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy.
The Physics of Reality
Melvyn Bragg examines the attempt to reconcile Quantum Theory and classical physics.
The Examined Life
Melvyn Bragg investigates how our preoccupations about how to live have altered over time.
Chaos Theory
Melvyn Bragg examines how Chaos Theory has affected our understanding of the universe.
Drugs
Melvyn Bragg examines the role of narcotics and stimulants in the history of medicine.
The Grand Tour
The origins and cultural impact of 18th century tourism.
The Soul
The history of thought on immortality, the self and the afterlife.
The American West
Melvyn Bragg explores the myths and harsh reality of the 19th century American pioneers.
Wagner
Melvyn Bragg examines the position of Richard Wagner and his music in German culture.
Cultural Imperialism
Melvyn Bragg examines how a dominant power can exert a cultural influence on its empire.
Freedom
Melvyn Bragg considers what it is to be free and how freedom became such a powerful value.
Psychoanalysis and Democracy
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of politics on psychoanalysis.
Heritage
Melvyn Bragg explores the relationship between heritage culture and the study of history.
Slavery and Empire
Melvyn Bragg examines British imperialism and its captives, both slaves and Britons.
The Scientist
Melvyn Bragg explores the origin of the concept and the historical role of the scientist.