2. History Podcast

History Podcast

Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.

Updated: occasionally 

Episodes available: indefinitely 

==> ALL THE MP3'S

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01dh5yg/episodes/downloads

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AND

==> ALL THE YOUTUBE MP4'S

ENGLISH - please Google me NIACTEC ... - BBC RADIO 4 - In Our Time – History Podcast – Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww4NckzxB8g&list=PLH99V1T9pDs6i7wkfxBIhrv_gLn1p_dxN

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ENGLISH - please Google me NIACTEC ... - BBC RADIO 4 - In Our Time - History  Podcast - Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWvxm9hQhJ4&list=PLH99V1T9pDs47bXRTZA5PJBWg8TZxga8d

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353 Episodes – 2024-03-24

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The Orkneyinga Saga

THU 6 JUN 2024

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Saga of the Earls of Orkney up to the 13th century.

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Marsilius of Padua

THU 30 MAY 2024

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great figures in the history of political ideas

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Empress Dowager Cixi

THU 23 MAY 2024

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman who dominated China's court for almost 50 years.

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Napoleon's Hundred Days

THU 18 APR 2024

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Napoleon Bonaparte's surprise coup in 1815 before Waterloo

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Julian the Apostate

THU 21 MAR 2024

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the emperor who aimed to return Christian Rome to paganism

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The Mokrani Revolt

THU 7 MAR 2024

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a major Algerian uprising against French rule in 1871.

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The Sack of Rome 1527

THU 22 FEB 2024

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Roman Emperor's army's notorious attack on Romans

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The Hanseatic League

THU 1 FEB 2024

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval trading network the Hanseatic League.

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Nefertiti

THU 18 JAN 2024

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and impact of ancient Egypt's best-known queen.

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Tiberius

THU 14 DEC 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the man born in Republican Rome who became second Emperor.

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Marguerite de Navarre

THU 23 NOV 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss writer and Renaissance queen Marguerite de Navarre.

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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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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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https://youtu.be/qPuFaCP6EG0 

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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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https://youtu.be/ylFDlx55HdI 

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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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https://youtu.be/ll1GAJ1fFDg 

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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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https://youtu.be/_emI5N-zP_Y 

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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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https://youtu.be/mMS9u3dl5x0 

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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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https://youtu.be/yUyrdFOnPwc 

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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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https://youtu.be/ieMD8X-lxXQ 

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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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https://youtu.be/9_x7RuhTrss 

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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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https://youtu.be/Jz2VtWmZZ0U 

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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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https://youtu.be/0NJ4DzCf-eg 

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Roger Bacon

Thu 20 Apr 2017 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval scholar Roger Bacon. 

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https://youtu.be/DCGmsoFikp8 

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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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https://youtu.be/AOroEMCPnRY

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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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https://youtu.be/dX2uvf7oyp4 

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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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https://youtu.be/satqzklYZKE 

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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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https://youtu.be/EdwPslFcH-E

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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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https://youtu.be/i7uDzYqDIMs

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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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https://youtu.be/YKtiaMM6yKI

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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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https://youtu.be/HObM5XL4iz8 

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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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https://youtu.be/cFYxNPjcZtw 

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John Dalton

Thu 27 Oct 2016 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss scientist John Dalton. 

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https://youtu.be/n8eYWByDqXc 

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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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https://youtu.be/3gtcYUTLeHw 

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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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https://youtu.be/LVdL4xECeBw 

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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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https://youtu.be/57GQXMszSn4

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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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https://youtu.be/mbtdlo1LSyc

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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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https://youtu.be/Fe2ji3ux61U

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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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https://youtu.be/kswb3OSdWWQ

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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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https://youtu.be/DZLwPAXC0d0

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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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https://youtu.be/umBxOwerL6I

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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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https://youtu.be/LYU3wf82VVA

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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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https://youtu.be/ysF-bVbCLSg 

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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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https://youtu.be/w1JOD2yS0lQ

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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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https://youtu.be/QDN20uhcJsQ

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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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https://youtu.be/t3W5_hVc-F8

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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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https://youtu.be/UfIJfdmh70k

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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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https://youtu.be/BZZWl83Lx0o

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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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https://youtu.be/dXwT9raBEz0

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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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https://youtu.be/DuoXZGcGUuk

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Alexander the Great

Thu 1 Oct 2015 

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

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https://youtu.be/8-SrSMuHHbg 

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Frederick the Great

Thu 2 Jul 2015 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Frederick II, king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786. 

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https://youtu.be/yrk0_cacwj8

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Prester John

Thu 4 Jun 2015 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the legend of Prester John. 

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https://youtu.be/rsRkD5jwUAU

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Josephus

Thu 21 May 2015 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Flavius Josephus, author of The Jewish War. 

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https://youtu.be/YJeSl29Kcws

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The Lancashire Cotton Famine

Thu 14 May 2015 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Lancashire cotton famine during the American Civil War 

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https://youtu.be/TJj1PjP9Y78

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Tagore

Thu 7 May 2015 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Rabindranath Tagore. 

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https://youtu.be/O92OgeAMFQ8

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Matteo Ricci and the Ming Dynasty

Thu 16 Apr 2015 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Matteo Ricci's 16th-century travels in Ming China. 

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https://youtu.be/2T4JwoYZltU

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The California Gold Rush

Thu 2 Apr 2015 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the California Gold Rush of the 1850s. 

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https://youtu.be/-4zagHaOP7I

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The Curies

Thu 26 Mar 2015 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the scientific achievements of the Curie family. 

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https://youtu.be/joH93cV8We8

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The Eunuch

Thu 26 Feb 2015 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and significance of eunuchs. 

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https://youtu.be/0GIAYHDQYNI

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The Wealth of Nations

Thu 19 Feb 2015 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Adam Smith's economic treatise The Wealth of Nations. 

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https://youtu.be/pHgrFcAaMr0 

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Ashoka the Great

Thu 5 Feb 2015 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Indian ruler Ashoka the Great. 

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https://youtu.be/gBkQFC08mYI

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203

Thucydides

Thu 29 Jan 2015 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian Thucydides. 

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https://youtu.be/JHmDeSNtSgQ 

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Brunel

Thu 13 Nov 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isambard Kingdom Brunel. 

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https://youtu.be/mWvxm9hQhJ4

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Hatshepsut

Thu 6 Nov 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the female Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut. 

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https://youtu.be/0KApM2jQ29E 

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The Haitian Revolution

Thu 23 Oct 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804. 

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https://youtu.be/_h5JVR37V8o

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The Battle of Talas

Thu 9 Oct 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Talas in AD751. 

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https://youtu.be/ZtsdpoPNK9o

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Julius Caesar

Thu 2 Oct 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and reputation of Julius Caesar. 

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https://youtu.be/H6Sc8JKZ8mU

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Hildegard of Bingen

Thu 26 Jun 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval writer and mystic Hildegard of Bingen. 

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https://youtu.be/wCzJBIhoXL0

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The Bluestockings

Thu 5 Jun 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 18th-century Bluestocking Society. 

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https://youtu.be/HMjcvfdPDVo 

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The Sino-Japanese War

Thu 8 May 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Second Sino-Japanese War. 

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https://youtu.be/CbOq0HegdqI

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The Domesday Book

Thu 17 Apr 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Domesday Book. 

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https://youtu.be/R78hB0EaUKw

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Strabo's Geographica

Thu 10 Apr 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Strabo's Geographica, an early work of geography. 

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https://youtu.be/x4wAWlJAxQ0 

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Weber's The Protestant Ethic

Thu 27 Mar 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. 

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https://youtu.be/zzHPD0NSf0Q 

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Spartacus

Thu 6 Mar 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman gladiator and rebel leader Spartacus. 

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https://youtu.be/oKTvv1ZjJz0

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Chivalry

Thu 13 Feb 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss medieval chivalry. 

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https://youtu.be/zn1-hJqW3aw

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The Phoenicians

Thu 6 Feb 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Phoenicians of the ancient Mediterranean. 

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https://youtu.be/A9f5WQbEjlw

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Sources of Early Chinese History

Thu 23 Jan 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the sources for early Chinese history. 

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https://youtu.be/iDXYMdDC714

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The Battle of Tours

Thu 16 Jan 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Tours of 732. 

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https://youtu.be/ZTdHAW5ljFA

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Plato's Symposium

Thu 2 Jan 2014 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato's Symposium. 

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https://youtu.be/MsMo8QBMk_E 

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The Medici

Boxing Day 2013 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family, rulers of Renaissance Florence. 

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https://youtu.be/Sry0GDubeIA

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Pliny the Younger

Thu 12 Dec 2013 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman letter-writer Pliny the Younger. 

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https://youtu.be/qiH9XBUmcCI

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Pocahontas

Thu 21 Nov 2013 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of the Native American Pocahontas. 

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https://youtu.be/bgM9aNrhz-8

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The Berlin Conference

Thu 31 Oct 2013 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Berlin Conference and the Scramble for Africa. 

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https://youtu.be/chT2JhjZpcI

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The Corn Laws

Thu 24 Oct 2013 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Corn Laws of the 19th century. 

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https://youtu.be/1iTCFznavF4

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The Mamluks

Thu 26 Sep 2013 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mamluks, medieval rulers of Egypt and Syria. 

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https://youtu.be/nv-FkG4gHXI

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The Physiocrats

Thu 20 Jun 2013 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Physiocrats, important French economic thinkers. 

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https://youtu.be/9DfyMQNUiGE

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Queen Zenobia

Thu 30 May 2013 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Queen Zenobia, who led a rebellion against Ancient Rome. 

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https://youtu.be/-JUcpCFByjg 

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The Putney Debates

Thu 18 Apr 2013 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Putney Debates of 1647. 

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https://youtu.be/iYVfd36P2GY

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Alfred Russel Wallace

Thu 21 Mar 2013 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the biologist Alfred Russel Wallace. 

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https://youtu.be/ZEBKKKs3Ieg

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Ice Ages

Thu 14 Feb 2013 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ice ages. 

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https://youtu.be/ZKh0FTB19Ss

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The War of 1812

Thu 31 Jan 2013 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the War of 1812 between America and Great Britain. 

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https://youtu.be/z975-dvb5lU

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The South Sea Bubble

Thu 20 Dec 2012 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the South Sea Bubble of the early 18th century. 

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https://youtu.be/Kb7qmwYy-EM

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The Borgias

Thu 22 Nov 2012 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Borgias, the most infamous family in Renaissance Italy 

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https://youtu.be/EtpGkwLZWcM

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Hannibal

Thu 11 Oct 2012 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the remarkable Carthaginian general Hannibal. 

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https://youtu.be/wnt7vIiccuE 

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Gerald of Wales

Thu 4 Oct 2012 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval scholar Gerald of Wales. 

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https://youtu.be/ep6eAOZDXCE 

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The Druids

Thu 20 Sep 2012 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Druids of ancient Europe. 

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https://youtu.be/QZZi4Y02dWc 

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Hadrian's Wall

Thu 12 Jul 2012 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hadrian's Wall. 

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https://youtu.be/n3bNjWOcZtY 

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Annie Besant

Thu 21 Jun 2012 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 19th-century writer and campaigner Annie Besant. 

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https://youtu.be/zciu5sGNjJI 

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The An Lushan Rebellion

Thu 16 Feb 2012 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the An Lushan Rebellion. 

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https://youtu.be/A7Tuj8ydwrI 

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1848: Year of Revolution

Thu 19 Jan 2012 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss 1848, the year that saw Europe engulfed in revolution. 

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https://youtu.be/1F2hFBeADls 

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The Ming Voyages

Thu 13 Oct 2011 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Ming Voyages of discovery. 

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https://youtu.be/lCgaU91xk28 

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The Minoan Civilisation

Thu 7 Jul 2011 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Minoan Civilisation of Bronze Age Crete. 

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https://youtu.be/6RJAL9wQYWw 

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The Battle of Stamford Bridge

Thu 2 Jun 2011 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Stamford Bridge. 

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https://youtu.be/5i5T1HE-OLo 

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Xenophon

Thu 26 May 2011 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian and soldier Xenophon. 

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https://youtu.be/AKsMnsGuTkM 

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Custer's Last Stand

Thu 19 May 2011 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand. 

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https://youtu.be/hVS7MWNi40o

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Octavia Hill

Thu 7 Apr 2011 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian social reformer Octavia Hill. 

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https://youtu.be/3DDVIQ_NC_c 

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The Iron Age

Thu 24 Mar 2011 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the dawn of the Iron Age. 

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https://youtu.be/0ERpe_y094o 

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The Medieval University

Thu 17 Mar 2011 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the foundation of the medieval universities. 

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https://youtu.be/zNSTMaKuH1o 

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The Taiping Rebellion

Thu 24 Feb 2011 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Taiping Rebellion. 

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https://youtu.be/3uFacUKtXt4 

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The Battle of Bannockburn

Thu 3 Feb 2011 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Bannockburn. 

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https://youtu.be/m3BQ7WNHXWM 

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The Mexican Revolution

Thu 20 Jan 2011 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mexican Revolution of 1910. 

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https://youtu.be/iiTtdFx6LrE 

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Consequences of the Industrial Revolution

Thu 30 Dec 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the influence of the Industrial Revolution. 

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https://youtu.be/c4YtBvqTEVg 

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The Industrial Revolution

Thu 23 Dec 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Industrial Revolution. 

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https://youtu.be/poh4lPd5f2E 

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Cleopatra

Thu 2 Dec 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Cleopatra, the famed last pharaoh of Egypt. 

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https://youtu.be/gQ_MJJBHQrM 

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The Volga Vikings

Thu 11 Nov 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Volga Vikings. 

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https://youtu.be/Rq3K-AZftjE 

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The Spanish Armada

Thu 7 Oct 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Spanish Armada. 

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https://youtu.be/d7seevieEEY 

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The Delphic Oracle

Thu 30 Sep 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Delphic Oracle. 

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https://youtu.be/aFCfNZCTzOM 

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Pliny's Natural History

Thu 8 Jul 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pliny's Natural History, one of the first encyclopedias. 

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https://youtu.be/xyoY6ch7X7M 

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Athelstan

Thu 1 Jul 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the reign of Athelstan, the first king of all England. 

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https://youtu.be/XuvM4zxjVPQ

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The Neanderthals

Thu 17 Jun 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the evolution and characteristics of the Neanderthals. 

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https://youtu.be/K0sYYABEyuw 

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Edmund Burke

Thu 3 Jun 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher, politician and writer Edmund Burke. 

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https://youtu.be/ZPbcKjejWlw 

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The Great Wall of China

Thu 29 Apr 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Great Wall of China. 

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https://youtu.be/UUyKA4rmubY 

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The Zulu Nation's Rise and Fall

Thu 15 Apr 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise and fall of the Zulu Nation. 

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https://youtu.be/FPr8wI6TzuU 

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The City - a history, part 2

Thu 1 Apr 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the city. 

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https://youtu.be/jCGp2lW5zzs 

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The City - a history, part 1

Thu 25 Mar 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise of the city, from its Bronze Age origins to 1800. 

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https://youtu.be/QwVjb6rngAQ 

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Boudica

Thu 11 Mar 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and mythologisation of Boudica. 

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https://youtu.be/1zS-6XjR6tY 

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The Indian Mutiny

Thu 18 Feb 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the rebellion which followed 

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https://youtu.be/tD6YVrYT26w 

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Ibn Khaldun

Thu 4 Feb 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 14th-century Arab philosopher of history Ibn Khaldun. 

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https://youtu.be/GhSze3UNkLM 

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The Glencoe Massacre

Thu 21 Jan 2010 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Glencoe Massacre of 1692. 

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https://youtu.be/cHrbTDnjRls 

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Mary Wollstonecraft

Thu 31 Dec 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft. 

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https://youtu.be/eJjJ8UKDe74 

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The Samurai

Christmas Eve 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and myth of the Samurai. 

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https://youtu.be/v87zqh1O59A 

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The Silk Road

Thu 3 Dec 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Silk Road, the trade routes which spanned Asia. 

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https://youtu.be/0oWSfFfyllE 

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Sparta

Thu 19 Nov 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. 

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https://youtu.be/IBdq-SO4GiY 

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The Siege of Munster

Thu 5 Nov 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Siege of Munster in 1534-35. 

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https://youtu.be/6XVXfscnUpY 

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The Death of Elizabeth I

Thu 15 Oct 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the death of Queen Elizabeth I. 

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https://youtu.be/1rKluik-Gos 

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The Dreyfus Affair

Thu 8 Oct 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dreyfus Affair, which tore France apart in the 1890s. 

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https://youtu.be/T1MTXOkmOv0

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Akhenaten

Thu 1 Oct 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Pharaoh Akhenaten. 

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https://youtu.be/3DUa_iymH3I 

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The Augustan Age

Thu 11 Jun 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Augustan Age in Rome. 

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https://youtu.be/R_PL0GOFhCc

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The Trial of Charles I

Thu 4 Jun 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the trial of Charles I. 

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https://youtu.be/oFbPRzXP8o4 

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The Siege of Vienna

Thu 14 May 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1683 siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Army. 

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https://youtu.be/HvA5-olnv30 

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The Magna Carta

Thu 7 May 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Magna Carta. 

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https://youtu.be/Qs7XMpkb3vg 

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The Building of St Petersburg

Thu 23 Apr 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the building of St Petersburg. 

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https://youtu.be/yZ5uSBh8nyg 

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Suffragism

Thu 16 Apr 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss suffragism, the movement for women's voting rights. 

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https://youtu.be/_tRmS0ym3Mc 

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The Boxer Rebellion

Thu 19 Mar 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Boxer Rebellion in the summer of 1900. 

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https://youtu.be/nk8Xik3IEhs 

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The Library of Alexandria

Thu 12 Mar 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Library of Alexandria. 

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https://youtu.be/kHpv6-cweUI

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Carthage's Destruction

Thu 12 Feb 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Destruction of Carthage 

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https://youtu.be/o3xAvdEKdwo 

==

History of History

Thu 22 Jan 2009 

Melvyn Bragg examines how the writing of history has changed over the years. 

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https://youtu.be/SX3aBWLUea4 

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Thoreau and the American Idyll

Thu 15 Jan 2009 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau. 

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https://youtu.be/DqyDiXe6D18 

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The Fire of London

Thu 11 Dec 2008 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Great Fire of London and the rebuilding of the city. 

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https://youtu.be/HU1dY4Nk9yI 

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The Great Reform Act

Thu 27 Nov 2008 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Great Reform Act of 1832. 

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https://youtu.be/-PgPRtVZLe8 

==

Bolivar

Thu 30 Oct 2008 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Simon Bolivar, the liberator of South America. 

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https://youtu.be/jh6yUZOfUdQ 

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Tacitus and the Decadence of Rome

Thu 10 Jul 2008 

Melvyn Bragg examines the life and chronicles of the the Roman historian Tacitus. 

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https://youtu.be/R_bpaVFbfzU 

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The Arab Conquests

Thu 26 Jun 2008 

Melvyn Bragg examines the Arab conquests which helped communicate Islam to the world. 

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https://youtu.be/NBJBn4tI7Mc 

==

The Riddle of the Sands

Thu 12 Jun 2008 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the prescient thriller about Anglo-German relations. 

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https://youtu.be/2PQqmpKw8Vs 

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The Black Death

Thu 22 May 2008 

Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the Black Death and its effect on medieval society. 

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https://youtu.be/qx1nWyvfxsg 

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The Enclosures of the 18th Century

Thu 1 May 2008 

Melvyn Bragg examines the enclosure movement that fenced in the British countryside. 

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https://youtu.be/T2-FSakLuCg 

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The Norman Yoke

Thu 10 Apr 2008 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ‘the Norman Yoke'. 

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https://youtu.be/2uz4ZOECOpw 

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The Dissolution of the Monasteries

Thu 27 Mar 2008 

Melvyn Bragg examines Henry VIII's policy of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. 

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https://youtu.be/_UcM4rXVYhU 

==

The Statue of Liberty

Thu 14 Feb 2008 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Statue of Liberty. . 

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https://youtu.be/cr9amkN3TRU 

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Rudolph II

Thu 31 Jan 2008 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Rudolph II and his Renaissance Court in Prague. 

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https://youtu.be/3TzHHdMz5eA

==

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Thu 10 Jan 2008 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Charge of the Light Brigade. 

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https://youtu.be/Ob1I8uN_kYw 

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The Sassanid Empire

Thu 13 Dec 2007 

Melvyn Bragg discusses the Sassanian Empire in Persia from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. 

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https://youtu.be/MRFU09bcMVw

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The Divine Right of Kings

Thu 11 Oct 2007 

Melvyn Bragg discusses the idea that kingly authority derives from God. 

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https://youtu.be/DbfB-Xo_zGk 

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The Pilgrim Fathers

Thu 5 Jul 2007 

Melvyn Bragg discusses what the Pilgrim Fathers and the Mayflower mean to Americans. 

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https://youtu.be/QPvcWh5wAZQ

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The Siege of Orléans

Thu 24 May 2007 

Melvyn Bragg discusses Joan of Arc's role in the 1428 Siege of Orléans. 

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https://youtu.be/Rv87OPzjPVo 

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The Opium Wars

Thu 12 Apr 2007 

Melvyn Bragg discusses the 19th century Opium Wars between Britain and China. 

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https://youtu.be/udR0tnEesX8 

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Bismarck

Thu 22 Mar 2007 

Melvyn Bragg discusses the original Iron Chancellor, Otto Von Bismarck. 

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https://youtu.be/4R9WkQv0ans 

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Genghis Khan

Thu 1 Feb 2007 

Melvyn Bragg discusses Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. 

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https://youtu.be/ulGMDKAc1Kc 

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Constantinople Siege and Fall

Thu 28 Dec 2006 

Melvyn Bragg examines the 1453 siege of Constantinople which ended the Byzantine Empire. 

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https://youtu.be/Ibh1PLuf_tI 

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The Peasants’ Revolt

Thu 16 Nov 2006 

Melvyn Bragg examines the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt, a pivotal moment in England’s history. 

Download 

https://youtu.be/6roaWwcmD84

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The Needham Question

Thu 19 Oct 2006 

Melvyn Bragg examines the Needham Question; why Europe, not China made modern technology. 

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https://youtu.be/ufP8PETX7UA

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The Diet of Worms

Thu 12 Oct 2006 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events that helped trigger the European Reformation. 

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https://youtu.be/_OVdEf5ugvo 

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The Spanish Inquisition

Thu 22 Jun 2006 

Melvyn Bragg examines the Spanish Inquisition, defenders of medieval orthodoxy. 

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https://youtu.be/0HMI8If-47Q 

==

Astronomy and Empire

Thu 4 May 2006 

Melvyn Bragg examines the relationship between astronomy and British Imperial expansion. 

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https://youtu.be/zm8EE5wW7d0 

==

The Great Exhibition of 1851

Thu 27 Apr 2006 

Melvyn Bragg examines the exhibition that showcased Victorian Britain's industrial might. 

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https://youtu.be/wBocwl1uuSY 

==

The Carolingian Renaissance

Thu 30 Mar 2006 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Emperor Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance. 

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https://youtu.be/j0Z_QCB91eg 

==

Catherine the Great

Thu 23 Feb 2006 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Empress who transformed and modernized Russia. 

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https://youtu.be/SPCIsv1txOU

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The Abbasid Caliphs

Thu 2 Feb 2006 

Melvyn Bragg examines the Abbasid Caliphs, rulers of the Islamic world for 200 years. 

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https://youtu.be/qfmgowPHPNM 

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The Oath

Thu 5 Jan 2006 

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the importance of the oath in the Classical World. 

Download 

https://youtu.be/Rh4CJvXdLIw 

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The Peterloo Massacre

Thu 15 Dec 2005 

Melvyn Bragg examines the 1819 Peterloo Massacre and the brutality of the British state. 

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https://youtu.be/XHTQX8wzlNo 

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Greyfriars and Blackfriars

Thu 10 Nov 2005 

Melvyn Bragg looks at the religious orders of the Dominicans and the Franciscans. 

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https://youtu.be/sBqQNZ_SyUY

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The Field of the Cloth of Gold

Thu 6 Oct 2005 

Melvyn Bragg examines the Field of the Cloth of Gold, and Tudor conspicuous consumption. 

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https://youtu.be/CcWyEKeAwtU 

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The French Revolution's reign of terror

Thu 26 May 2005 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the reign of terror during the French Revolution. 

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https://youtu.be/3nUg3v_jU88 

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Archaeology and Imperialism

Thu 14 Apr 2005 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the link between archaeology and imperialism. 

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https://youtu.be/fyvIzQkIVXo 

==

Alfred and the Battle of Edington

Thu 7 Apr 2005 

Melvyn Bragg examines King Alfred and the defeat of the Vikings at Battle of Edington. 

Download 

https://youtu.be/nJM_aWOfQzc

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Tsar Alexander II's assassination

Thu 6 Jan 2005 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881. 

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https://youtu.be/HUtktFTmU4Q 

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The Roman Republic

Thu 30 Dec 2004 

The rise and eventual downfall of the Roman Republic which survived for 500 years. 

Download 

https://youtu.be/I5lzMU13FEQ 

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Machiavelli and the Italian City States

Thu 9 Dec 2004 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli. 

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https://youtu.be/UO_BD11THF0 

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Agincourt

Thu 16 Sep 2004 

The history and legacy of the English army's defeat of the French at Agincourt in 1415. 

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https://youtu.be/6KYDhCax4Rk

==

Washington and the American Revolution

Thu 24 Jun 2004 

Melvyn Bragg examines the first President of the US and what drove him to revolution. 

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https://youtu.be/v0VlrsA2KBo 

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Babylon

Thu 3 Jun 2004 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the truth behind the empire of Babylon. 

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https://youtu.be/wU2no8G8Mos 

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Heroism

Thu 6 May 2004 

Melvyn Bragg explores what defines a hero, and their place in classical society. 

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https://youtu.be/8yTs5zmxrq8 

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Tea

Thu 29 Apr 2004 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss tea, the first truly global commodity. 

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https://youtu.be/sNGHMvjaMNk 

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China's Warring States period

Thu 1 Apr 2004 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the astonishing productivity of the Chinese Golden Age. 

Download 

https://youtu.be/v31VoIqoEdo 

==

The Norse Gods

Thu 11 Mar 2004 

Melvyn Bragg examines the myths and theology that inspired the Vikings. 

Download 

https://youtu.be/_4Jo9Jdsl2c 

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The Mughal Empire

Thu 26 Feb 2004 

Melvyn Bragg and guests examine how much the British Raj owed to the Mughal Emperors. 

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https://youtu.be/eY-3iHEtE9I 

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Thermopylae

Thu 5 Feb 2004 

Melvyn Bragg examines the Battle of Thermopylae, a defining clash between East and West. 

Download 

https://youtu.be/ZGJwLlWdIfs 

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The Alphabet

Thu 18 Dec 2003 

Melvyn Bragg investigates how sounds turned into signs and signs became the alphabet. 

Download 

https://youtu.be/TcPgdtFAyB8 

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St Bartholomew's Day Massacre

Thu 27 Nov 2003 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the infamous St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in 1572. 

Download 

https://youtu.be/MHtkZ7FAVY4 

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Robin Hood

Thu 30 Oct 2003 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the centuries old myth of the most romantic noble outlaw. 

Download 

https://youtu.be/nD-rwzRX4x0 

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The Schism

Thu 16 Oct 2003 

Melvyn Bragg examines events surrounding the medieval division of the Christian Church. 

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https://youtu.be/_GdNZTElSQQ 

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The East India Company

Thu 26 Jun 2003 

The history of the private trading company that helped forge the British Empire. 

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https://youtu.be/Udqe4MJVWIQ

==

The Aristocracy

Thu 19 Jun 2003 

Melvyn Bragg examines the origins, power and eventual decline of the British aristocracy. 

Download 

https://youtu.be/bBF4B9FDsKQ 

==

The Art of War

Thu 12 Jun 2003 

The history and philosophy of warfare throughout the ages. 

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https://youtu.be/Xlx-qbVgXR0 

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The Jacobite Rebellion

Thu 8 May 2003 

Melvyn Bragg examines the Stuart dynasty's final attempt to reclaim the throne of England. 

Download 

https://youtu.be/jlaOUj1YPxA 

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Roman Britain

Thu 1 May 2003 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 400 year history of the Romans in Britain. 

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https://youtu.be/DTm5O9cRsvI 

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The Spanish Civil War

Thu 3 Apr 2003 

Melvyn Bragg examines the causes, events and repercussions of the Spanish Civil War. 

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https://youtu.be/MoCJP260JDM 

==

The Aztecs

Thu 27 Feb 2003 

Melvyn Bragg examines the creation, power and legacy of the Aztec Empire. 

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https://youtu.be/oVSUR-S1moU 

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The Enlightenment in Scotland

Thu 5 Dec 2002 

Melvyn Bragg examines the emergence and impact of the Scottish Enlightenment. 

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https://youtu.be/3ztCLqPcsn8 

==

Architecture and Power

Thu 31 Oct 2002 

Melvyn Bragg explores the ideas architecture expresses about our past and identity. 

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https://youtu.be/OfsTCdb8gI0 

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Slavery and Empire

Thu 17 Oct 2002 

Melvyn Bragg examines British imperialism and its captives, both slaves and Britons. 

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https://youtu.be/eiYp9MY5XLM

==

Heritage

Thu 18 Jul 2002 

Melvyn Bragg explores the relationship between heritage culture and the study of history. 

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https://youtu.be/3ekfq9jifgU 

==

Psychoanalysis and Democracy

Thu 11 Jul 2002 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of politics on psychoanalysis. 

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https://youtu.be/0UbLRlDhDhM 

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Cultural Imperialism

Thu 27 Jun 2002 

Melvyn Bragg examines how a dominant power can exert a cultural influence on its empire. 

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https://youtu.be/yvcEv5wv1co 

==

The American West

Thu 13 Jun 2002 

Melvyn Bragg explores the myths and harsh reality of the 19th century American pioneers. 

Download 

https://youtu.be/J8bB26NgT1c 

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Bohemia

Thu 11 Apr 2002 

The history of the ancient kingdom and its religious, national and ethnic ideologies. 

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https://youtu.be/lerSB71xoaI 

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Marriage

Thu 21 Mar 2002 

The history of marriage from ancient Greek and Babylonian times to today. 

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https://youtu.be/ed0Hgs9X2EU 

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The Celts

Thu 21 Feb 2002 

Melvyn Bragg examines what we really know about the Celts of pre-Roman Britain. 

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https://youtu.be/p1wOHnwLGMM

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Food

Thu 27 Dec 2001 

The cultural history of food in Modern Europe since the Renaissance. 

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https://youtu.be/-eTJFia3sac 

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Rome and European Civilization

Thu 20 Dec 2001 

Melvyn Bragg and guests assess the role that Rome has played in European civilization. 

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https://youtu.be/henpPZRKVy8 

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Third Crusade

Thu 29 Nov 2001 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the highs and lows of the Third Crusade. 

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https://youtu.be/GQEVwWvUyIc

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The British Empire

Thu 8 Nov 2001 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ethos and legacy of the British Empire. 

Download 

https://youtu.be/luabCVpLhPM 

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Confucius

Thu 1 Nov 2001 

Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the chinese philosophy of Confucianism. 

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https://youtu.be/NTs10wGL2F0

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Napoleon and Wellington

Thu 25 Oct 2001 

The comparative histories of two titans of 19th century history. 

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https://youtu.be/Z0MYD82lqCQ 

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Democracy

Thu 18 Oct 2001 

Melvyn Bragg examines the origins of the most cherished form of government in the world. 

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https://youtu.be/yao8qXMiD5U 

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Byzantium

Thu 19 Jul 2001 

The culture, history and legacy of the eastern Byzantine Empire. 

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https://youtu.be/E9aF_WIPVes 

==

The French Revolution's Legacy

Thu 14 Jun 2001 

The impact and legacy of the French Revolution on European culture and politics. 

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https://youtu.be/kOxppWPHpXE 

==

The Glorious Revolution

Thu 19 Apr 2001 

Melvyn Bragg considers whether the events of 1688 were really glorious or revolutionary. 

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https://youtu.be/AXkzeGVk630 

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The Roman Empire's Collapse in the 5th century

Thu 5 Apr 2001 

The causes and events of the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century. 

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https://youtu.be/6XcfVKazxdo 

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Money

Thu 1 Mar 2001 

Melvyn Bragg examines whether economic factors really are behind all historical events. 

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https://youtu.be/d1A3vqBhh2o 

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The Restoration

Thu 15 Feb 2001 

Melvyn Bragg looks at the reign of Charles II and the consequences of the Restoration. 

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https://youtu.be/sBRkFXhRl40 

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Humanism

Thu 8 Feb 2001 

The history and legacy of classical Humanism, invented by Cicero. 

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https://youtu.be/bV0czyAV7ic 

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The Enlightenment in Britain

Thu 18 Jan 2001 

Melvyn Bragg examines the role of British thinkers in the 18th century Enlightenment. 

Download 

https://youtu.be/y-DqbISi6Qk 

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The Tudor State

Thu 26 Oct 2000 

Melvyn Bragg looks at the re-shaping of England as a modern state by the Tudor dynasty. 

Download 

https://youtu.be/HebDG_cYD00 

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Hitler in History

Thu 5 Oct 2000 

Melvyn Bragg examines Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany though historiographical theories. 

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https://youtu.be/ffUOPgfwu6Y 

==

London

Thu 28 Sep 2000 

The history of London from its Neolithic origin to the digitalised capital city of today. 

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https://youtu.be/IattBMWNZ2g 

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Biography

Thu 22 Jun 2000 

Melvyn Bragg examines why the public is fascinated with the private lives of individuals. 

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https://youtu.be/V10LUACvtQo 

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The Wars of the Roses

Thu 18 May 2000 

The 15th century wars of the royal Houses of Lancaster and York. 

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https://youtu.be/4hfagNSSiPI 

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New Wars

Thu 13 Apr 2000 

Melvyn Bragg examines whether we are in a new era in the history of modern warfare. 

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https://youtu.be/t23clbWXdkE 

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History and Understanding the Past

Thu 30 Mar 2000 

Melvyn Bragg examines whether we can ever predict the future by understanding the past. 

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https://youtu.be/EAu8HKgVDa8 

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Materialism and the Consumer

Thu 23 Mar 2000 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the development and future of material culture. 

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https://youtu.be/UR6wM1AlW7I 

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Lenin

Thu 16 Mar 2000 

Melvyn Bragg investigates what drove the Soviet leader Lenin, and enabled his successes. 

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https://youtu.be/0H_rlffX5Yk 

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Republicanism

Thu 3 Feb 2000 

Melvyn Bragg examines how English republicanism has developed from Cromwell to today. 

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https://youtu.be/wCpNIJxjhII 

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Economic Rights

Thu 27 Jan 2000 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between democracy and capitalism. 

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https://youtu.be/j9BBZ4SkNzg 

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Childhood

Thu 9 Dec 1999 

Melvyn Bragg looks at how perceptions of childhood have changed over the last 100 years. 

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https://youtu.be/aq091fdIx8s 

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·  Progress

Thu 18 Nov 1999 

Melvyn Bragg examines whether mankind has made as much moral as material progress. 

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https://youtu.be/1kDqPr7zxps 

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Education

Thu 4 Nov 1999 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and the modern purpose of education. 

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https://youtu.be/5b3_VhF1PpA 

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Atrocity in the 20th Century

Thu 28 Oct 1999 

Melvyn Bragg examines the widespread and chilling inhumanity of the 20th century. 

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https://youtu.be/wS8BZMyfZO4 

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331

The Individual

Thu 21 Oct 1999 

Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of the individual from the Renaissance to today. 

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https://youtu.be/CBWGF_JScYE 

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332

The Nation State

Thu 14 Oct 1999 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss whether it is appropriate to think of the UK as a nation. 

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https://youtu.be/4YDvoOIBW_4

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Utopia

Thu 7 Oct 1999 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why we are as enthralled as ever by the idea of a Utopia. 

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https://youtu.be/XaXtNKMTBks 

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334

Africa

Thu 8 Jul 1999 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the roots of Africa's current political and social crises. 

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https://youtu.be/7E13l0QhuNo 

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335

Capitalism

Thu 24 Jun 1999 

Melvyn Bragg examines the history of capitalism from Marx to the collapse of Communism. 

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https://youtu.be/S2wZkscJYAI 

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336

The Great Disruption

Thu 17 Jun 1999 

Melvyn Bragg looks at the 20th century shift from industrial to information society. 

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https://youtu.be/Ya5YKsv7Z0M 

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337

The Monarchy

Thu 10 Jun 1999 

Melvyn Bragg examines the enduring strengths and current role of the British monarchy. 

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https://youtu.be/6-73DAi_504 

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338

Just War

Thu 3 Jun 1999 

Melvyn Bragg examines where the idea of a just war originated and if it can still exist. 

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https://youtu.be/UCbPHsIh_RQ 

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339

History as Science

Thu 11 Mar 1999 

Melvyn Bragg examines the importance of geography and ecology in shaping world history. 

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https://youtu.be/OnD5L3tpfj8 

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340

The British Empire's Legacy

Thu 31 Dec 1998 

Melvyn Bragg examines the impact of Britain’s colonial past on its current identity. 

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https://youtu.be/T5wznSywLyQ 

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341

The American Century

Thu 17 Dec 1998 

Melvyn Bragg examines how legitimate it is to call the 20th century the American century. 

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https://youtu.be/P-Phi5cAjqo 

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342

History's relevance in the 20th century

Thu 3 Dec 1998 

Melvyn Bragg considers the relevance of the study of history in the 20th century. 

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https://youtu.be/mzZ5zOSqH5E 

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343

Work in the 20th Century

Thu 26 Nov 1998 

Melvyn Bragg examines the changing ideas about the function of work in the 20th century. 

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https://youtu.be/-6lZEEsj7Yo 

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344

The City in the 20th Century

Thu 12 Nov 1998 

Melvyn Bragg looks at the innovative developments of the city in the 20th century. 

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https://youtu.be/VCqXkwjigY4 

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345

Politics in the 20th Century

Thu 22 Oct 1998 

Melvyn Bragg discusses politics and morality with Gore Vidal and Alan Clarke. 

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https://youtu.be/r2BjpD54l9c

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346

War in the 20th Century

Thu 15 Oct 1998 

Melvyn Bragg explores ideas that have influenced 20th century human rights and warfare. 

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https://youtu.be/ww4NckzxB8g 

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