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BBC RADIO 4 - In Our Time: History Podcast - Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon. - Updated: occasionally - Episodes available: indefinitely

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The Theory of the Leisure Class

Thu 16 Nov 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Veblen on conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure.

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The Barbary Corsairs

Thu 9 Nov 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of North African privateers on law and language

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The Federalist Papers

Thu 12 Oct 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hamilton, Madison and Jay's urgings for a US Constitution.

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The Economic Consequences of the Peace

Thu 28 Sep 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Keynes' influential attack on the Treaty of Versailles

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Louis XIV: The Sun King

Thu 25 May 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and reign of the French king who built Versailles

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The Shimabara Rebellion

Thu 11 May 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1637-8 Christian uprising in Japan.

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The Battle of Crécy

Thu 13 Apr 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1346 conflict between the armies of France and England

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Cnut

Thu 6 Apr 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dane who became a powerful King of England in 1016.

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Mercantilism

Thu 16 Mar 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea which dominated European economies for 300 years.

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Megaliths

Thu 2 Mar 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what we know about ancient stones placed in the landscape.

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Chartism

Thu 9 Feb 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 19th-century campaign for greater democracy.

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Tycho Brahe

Thu 2 Feb 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 16th-century astronomer, renowned for his accuracy.

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The Great Stink

Thu 29 Dec 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1858 crisis from the flow of sewage into the Thames.

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The Irish Rebellion of 1798

Thu 8 Dec 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes and early consequences of the 1798 rebellion.

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Demosthenes' Philippics

Thu 17 Nov 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the speeches that set the standard for political attacks.

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The Morant Bay Rebellion

Thu 3 Nov 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events in Jamaica in 1865 and their consequences.

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The Knights Templar

Thu 6 Oct 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise and abrupt fall of the famous military order.

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Angkor Wat

Thu 23 Jun 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Cambodian temple complex, begun 900 years ago.

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Comenius

Thu 19 May 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 17th-century Czech educator committed to toleration.

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The Davidian Revolution

Thu 5 May 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the lasting impact of David I, King of Scotland c1084-1153

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Olympe de Gouges

Thu 21 Apr 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of The Declaration of the Rights of Woman, 1791

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Homo erectus

Thu 14 Apr 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the two-million-year span of our most adaptable ancestor.

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In Our Time is now first on BBC Sounds

Fri 4 Mar 2022

New episodes will now be available first on Sounds for 28 days before other podcast apps.

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The Arthashastra

Thu 3 Mar 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Indian Sanskrit text the Arthashastra.

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Peter Kropotkin

Thu 24 Feb 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the prominent Russian anarchist and his idea of Mutual Aid

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The Temperance Movement

Thu 3 Feb 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the enthusiasm in Britain for abstaining from alcohol.

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The Gold Standard

Thu 20 Jan 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what happened when world currencies were tied to gold

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The Hittites

Thu 23 Dec 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great powers of the Late Bronze Age.

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The May Fourth Movement

Thu 9 Dec 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and protests in 1919 that shaped modern China.

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The Battle of Trafalgar

Thu 2 Dec 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nelson's famous victory and death on 21 October 1805.

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The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Thu 14 Oct 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Europe's largest republic, before its partition in 1772.

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The Manhattan Project

Thu 7 Oct 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the race to build an atom bomb before anyone else in WW2

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Herodotus

Thu 23 Sep 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek writer known as the father of history.

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Edward Gibbon

Thu 17 Jun 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

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Booth's Life and Labour Survey

Thu 10 Jun 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Charles Booth's landmark survey of London's poor and rich.

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The Interregnum

Thu 27 May 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the upheavals of 1649-60 in the British Isles

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The Second Barons' War

Thu 6 May 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Simon de Montfort's fatal struggle with Henry III's forces

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Ovid

Thu 29 Apr 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential poets of Rome's Augustan Age.

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The Franco-American Alliance 1778

Thu 22 Apr 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the French fight against Britain in America and its impact

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Pierre-Simon Laplace

Thu 8 Apr 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great French mathematician behind metrication.

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The Russo-Japanese War

Thu 1 Apr 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1904-5 clash of Japanese and Russian empires.

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David Ricardo

Thu 25 Mar 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Ricardo's argument on free trade after the Napoleonic wars

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Marcus Aurelius

Thu 25 Feb 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and meditations of 'the last good Roman emperor'.

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The Plague of Justinian

Thu 21 Jan 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scale and impact of the plague that raged in 541AD.

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The Cultural Revolution

Thu 17 Dec 2020

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mao's uprising against his own party from 1966-76

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The Zong Massacre

Thu 26 Nov 2020

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the infamous drowning of enslaved Africans in 1781.

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Maria Theresa

Thu 22 Oct 2020

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman who ruled Austria, shaking up the European order

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Cave Art

Thu 24 Sep 2020

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how and why Stone Age people decorated caves with images.

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Pericles

Thu 17 Sep 2020

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Athenian statesman and orator.

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The Covenanters

Thu 12 Mar 2020

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Presbyterian solidarity in C17th Scotland and its impact.

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The Valladolid Debate

Thu 20 Feb 2020

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dispute in 1550 over enslavement of native Americans.

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Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

Thu 13 Feb 2020

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Germanic tribes' destruction of three Roman legions.

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Alcuin

Thu 30 Jan 2020

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scholar who revived learning for its own sake in C8th

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The Siege of Paris 1870-71

Thu 16 Jan 2020

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Paris under Prussian siege and then under the Commune

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Tutankhamun

Boxing Day 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb and what that revealed

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Coffee

Thu 12 Dec 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of coffee and its impact

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Lawrence of Arabia

Thu 5 Dec 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lawrence of Arabia for this year's Listener Week

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Li Shizhen

Thu 28 Nov 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the heights of medical knowledge under the Ming dynasty

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Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem

Thu 21 Nov 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most powerful woman in the C12th Kingdom of Jerusalem

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The Treaty of Limerick

Thu 7 Nov 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the treaty ending the Williamite War in Ireland in 1691

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Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow

Thu 19 Sep 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why Napoleon's apparent victory turned to defeat in 1812.

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Doggerland

Thu 27 Jun 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Stone Age human habitats now covered by the North Sea.

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The Mytilenaean Debate

Thu 20 Jun 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Athenians' change of mind in the Peloponnesian War.

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The Inca

Thu 13 Jun 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the advanced Andean empire, dominant until Pizarro arrived

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President Ulysses S Grant

Thu 30 May 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Grant's role in reconstructing the USA after the Civil War

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The Gordon Riots

Thu 2 May 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes of the violence of June 1780 and repercussions.

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Nero

Thu 25 Apr 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most notorious rulers of ancient Rome.

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The Great Irish Famine

Thu 4 Apr 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes and consequences of the Famine of 1845-49.

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The Danelaw

Thu 28 Mar 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Danish impact on England in 9th and 10th centuries.

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William Cecil

Thu 7 Mar 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most powerful man in the court of Elizabeth I.

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Antarah ibn Shaddad

Thu 28 Feb 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry and context of this pre-Islamic Arabian knight

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Owain Glyndwr

Thu 31 Jan 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fight for Welsh independence in the early 15th century

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The Poor Laws

Thu 20 Dec 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Poor Law of 1834 and the rise of the workhouse

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The Thirty Years War

Thu 6 Dec 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the devastating war across the Holy Roman Empire 1618-1648

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The Long March

Thu 29 Nov 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Red Army's retreat across China, from October 1934

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Horace

Thu 15 Nov 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman poet Horace, who flourished under Augustus.

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Marie Antoinette

Thu 8 Nov 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Austrian princess, guillotined as Queen of France.

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The Fable of the Bees

Thu 25 Oct 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mandeville's work on the public benefit of private vices.

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Is Shakespeare History? The Romans

Thu 18 Oct 2018

Melvyn Bragg discusses the impact of Shakespeare's approach to history (programme 2 of 2).

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Is Shakespeare History? The Plantagenets

Thu 11 Oct 2018

Melvyn Bragg discusses the impact of Shakespeare's approach to history (programme 1 of 2)

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The Mexican-American War

Thu 28 Jun 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1846-48 war that cost Mexico half its territory.

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Montesquieu

Thu 14 Jun 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss republicanism, despotism and the separation of powers.

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Persepolis

Thu 7 Jun 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Achaemenid Empire's great ceremonial capital.

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Margaret of Anjou

Thu 24 May 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Queen of England at the start of the Wars of the Roses

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The Emancipation of the Serfs

Thu 17 May 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the freeing of a third of Russians from serfdom in 1861.

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The Almoravid Empire

Thu 3 May 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great empires of the Islamic west.

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Roman Slavery

Thu 5 Apr 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between slavery and the power of Rome.

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Tocqueville: Democracy in America

Thu 22 Mar 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of American democracy.

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The Highland Clearances

Thu 8 Mar 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss evictions and migrations in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Sun Tzu and The Art of War

Thu 1 Mar 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential ancient Chinese work on military strategy.

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Frederick Douglass

Thu 8 Feb 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Frederick Douglass, born to slavery.

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The Siege of Malta, 1565

Thu 11 Jan 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ottoman attack on the Knights Hospitaller in Malta.

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Thomas Becket

Thu 14 Dec 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, murder and impact of Thomas Becket (c 1118-1170)

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Thebes

Thu 23 Nov 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek city of Thebes in myth, drama and history.

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The Picts

Thu 9 Nov 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss history and culture of the Picts.

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Picasso's Guernica

Thu 2 Nov 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events behind and impact of Picasso's iconic work.

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The Congress of Vienna

Thu 19 Oct 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Congress of Vienna, 1814-15.

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Constantine the Great

Thu 5 Oct 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.

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The American Populists

Thu 15 Jun 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rural protest movement in America's Gilded Age.

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The Battle of Lincoln 1217

Thu 4 May 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fight for the English crown at the Battle of Lincoln.

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The Egyptian Book of the Dead

Thu 27 Apr 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Egyptian funerary text, The Book of the Dead.

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Roger Bacon

Thu 20 Apr 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval scholar Roger Bacon.

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Rosa Luxemburg

Thu 13 Apr 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and times of Rosa Luxemburg, revolutionary.

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The Battle of Salamis

Thu 23 Mar 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the significance of The Battle of Salamis, 480BC.

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Seneca the Younger

Thu 23 Feb 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the works, life and times of Seneca the Younger.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

Thu 19 Jan 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Mary, Queen of Scots.

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Johannes Kepler

Thu 29 Dec 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss astronomer Johannes Kepler.

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The Gin Craze

Thu 15 Dec 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the cause and impact of the gin craze in the 18th century.

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Harriet Martineau

Thu 8 Dec 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of Harriet Martineau, writer.

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Garibaldi and the Risorgimento

Thu 1 Dec 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Garibaldi and the Risorgimento, for our Listener Week.

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Baltic Crusades

Thu 24 Nov 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss crusades against Baltic pagans from 12th Century onwards.

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Justinian's Legal Code

Thu 17 Nov 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great impact of legal changes under emperor Justinian.

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The Fighting Temeraire

Thu 10 Nov 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss JMW Turner's The Fighting Temeraire.

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Epic of Gilgamesh

Thu 3 Nov 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gilgamesh, the great epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia.

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John Dalton

Thu 27 Oct 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss scientist John Dalton.

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The 12th Century Renaissance

Thu 20 Oct 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a period of great change in western Europe.

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The Bronze Age Collapse

Thu 16 Jun 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bronze Age collapse.

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Margery Kempe and English Mysticism

Thu 2 Jun 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Margery Kempe, the medieval English mystic.

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The Gettysburg Address

Thu 26 May 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863.

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Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot'

Thu 12 May 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Titus Oates and his fictitious Popish Plot.

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1816, the Year Without a Summer

Thu 21 Apr 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 1816, known as the year without a summer.

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The Sikh Empire

Thu 7 Apr 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Empire.

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Agrippina the Younger

Thu 31 Mar 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman empress Agrippina the Younger.

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Bedlam

Thu 17 Mar 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the early history of Bethlehem Hospital, known as Bedlam.

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The Maya Civilization

Thu 10 Mar 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Maya civilization in central America.

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The Dutch East India Company

Thu 3 Mar 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch East India Company.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine

Thu 28 Jan 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Eleanor of Aquitaine, the most powerful woman of her time.

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Thomas Paine's Common Sense

Thu 21 Jan 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, published in 1776.

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The Salem Witch Trials

Thu 26 Nov 2015

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Salem witch trials.

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The Battle of Lepanto

Thu 12 Nov 2015

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Battle of Lepanto, 1571.

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The Empire of Mali

Thu 29 Oct 2015

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the empire of Mali.

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Holbein at the Tudor Court

Thu 15 Oct 2015

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Holbein at the court of Henry VIII.

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Alexander the Great

Thu 1 Oct 2015

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and legacy of Alexander the Great.