In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg

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In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg

William and Caroline Herschel

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Herschel (1738 – 1822) and his sister Caroline Herschel...

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The Song of Roland

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss an early masterpiece of French epic poetry, from the 12th...

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Corals

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the simple animals which informed Charles Darwin's first book,...

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Iris Murdoch

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author and philosopher Iris Murdoch (1919 - 1999). In her...

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The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the republic that emerged from the union of the Kingdom of Poland...

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The Manhattan Project

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the race to build an atom bomb in the USA during World War Two....

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Anne Bronte's second novel, published in 1848, which is now...

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Herodotus

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek writer known as the father of histories, dubbed by his...

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The Evolution of Crocodiles

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the remarkable diversity of the animals that dominated life on...

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Samuel Beckett (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989), who lived in Paris and wrote his...

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Bergson and Time (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the French philosopher Henri Bergson (1859-1941) and his ideas...

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The Treaty of Limerick (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1691 peace treaty that ended the Williamite War in Ireland,...

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Auden (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and poetry of WH Auden (1907-1973) up to his departure...

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The Evolution of Teeth (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss theories about the origins of teeth in vertebrates, and what we...

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Catullus (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Catullus (c84-c54 BC) who wrote some of the most sublime poetry...

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The Rapture (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas developed by the Anglican priest John Nelson Darby...

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Doggerland (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the people, plants and animals once living on land now under the...

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Automata (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of real and imagined machines that appear to be...

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George Sand (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the works and life of one of the most popular writers in Europe...

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Paul Dirac (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the theoretical physicist Dirac (1902-1984), whose achievements...

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