In Our Time Episodes Episode guide
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The Emancipation of the Serfs
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the freeing of a third of Russians from serfdom in 1861.
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The Mabinogion
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval Welsh stories of Celtic mythology.
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The Almoravid Empire
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great empires of the Islamic west.
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The Proton
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Proton, found in the nuclei of all elements.
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Middlemarch
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George Eliot's greatest novel, published 1871-72.
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George and Robert Stephenson
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George and Robert Stephenson and the birth of railways.
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Roman Slavery
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between slavery and the power of Rome.
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Tocqueville: Democracy in America
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of American democracy.
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Augustine's Confessions
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Augustine's account of his conversion to Christianity.
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The Highland Clearances
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
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential ancient Chinese work on military strategy.
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Rosalind Franklin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pioneering scientist Rosalind Franklin.
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Fungi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss fungi.
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Frederick Douglass
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Frederick Douglass, born to slavery.
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Cephalopods
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the biology of squid, octopus, cuttlefish and nautilus.
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Cicero
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosophy of Marcus Tullius Cicero.
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Anna Akhmatova
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the celebrated Russian poet.
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The Siege of Malta, 1565
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ottoman attack on the Knights Hospitaller in Malta.
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Hamlet
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's best known, longest and most quoted play.
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Beethoven
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and influence of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
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Thomas Becket
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, murder and impact of Thomas Becket (c 1118-1170)
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Moby Dick
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most popular idea sent in by listeners.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gauss, one of the great mathematicians.
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Thebes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek city of Thebes in myth, drama and history.
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Germaine de Stael
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and works of the great woman of letters.
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The Picts
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss history and culture of the Picts.
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Picasso's Guernica
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events behind and impact of Picasso's iconic work.
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Feathered Dinosaurs
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss which dinosaurs were feathered, and their links to birds.
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The Congress of Vienna
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Congress of Vienna, 1814-15.
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Aphra Behn
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aphra Behn (1640-1689): playwright, poet, spy.
