In Our Time Episodes Episode guide
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The Pilgrim Fathers
Melvyn Bragg discusses what the Pilgrim Fathers and the Mayflower mean to Americans.
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The Permian-Triassic Boundary
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Permian-Triassic boundary in evolutionary history.
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Common Sense Philosophy
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss common sense philosophy.
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Renaissance Astrology
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Renaissance Astrology.
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Siegfried Sassoon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the war poet Siegfried Sassoon.
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Ockham's Razor
Melvyn Bragg discusses the ideas of William Ockham including Ockham's Razor.
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The Siege of Orl茅ans
Melvyn Bragg discusses Joan of Arc's role in the 1428 Siege of Orl茅ans.
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Gravitational Waves
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of Gravitational Waves.
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Victorian Pessimism
Melvyn Bragg discusses the high pessimism of Victorian culture.
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Spinoza
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Dutch, Jewish and Christian Philosopher, Baruch Spinoza.
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Greek and Roman Love Poetry
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Greek and Roman love poetry.
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Symmetry
Melvyn Bragg discusses the idea of symmetry in art and nature.
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The Opium Wars
Melvyn Bragg discusses the 19th century Opium Wars between Britain and China.
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St Hilda
Melvyn Bragg discusses the 7th century abbess, St Hilda.
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Anaesthetics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of anaesthetics.
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Bismarck
Melvyn Bragg discusses the original Iron Chancellor, Otto Von Bismarck.
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Epistolary Literature
Melvyn Bragg discusses epistolary literature from Aphra Benn to Les Liaisons Dangereuses
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Microbiology
Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of microbiology, the study of microscopic life.
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Optics
Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of the science of optics
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Wilberforce
Melvyn Bragg examines the life of anti-slavery campaigner, William Wilberforce.
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Heart of Darkness
Melvyn Bragg discusses Joseph Conrad鈥檚 novel, Heart of Darkness.
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Popper
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Anglo-Austrian philosopher Karl Popper.
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01/02/2007
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas.
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Genghis Khan
Melvyn Bragg discusses Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire.
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Archimedes
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Greek mathematician Archimedes and his famous cry of 鈥渆ureka!鈥�
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The Jesuits
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Jesuits, 鈥渢he school masters of Europe鈥�.
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Mars
Melvyn Bragg discusses the planet Mars, a source of endless fascination in human history
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Constantinople Siege and Fall
Melvyn Bragg examines the 1453 siege of Constantinople which ended the Byzantine Empire.
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Hell
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Hell and its representation in the arts.
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Indian Mathematics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 5000 year long story of Indian Maths.
