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John Donne
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the priest who was one of England's finest love poets.
The Great Stink
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1858 crisis from the flow of sewage into the Thames.
Persuasion
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Austen's last complete novel, published after her death.
Citizen Kane
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Orson Welles' celebrated and influential film from 1941.
The Irish Rebellion of 1798
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes and early consequences of the 1798 rebellion.
The Nibelungenlied
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval German epic The Song of the Nibelungs.
The Challenger Expedition 1872-1876
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great global Victorian voyage of scientific discovery.
Demosthenes' Philippics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the speeches that set the standard for political attacks.
Bauhaus
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential German school founded by Walter Gropius.
The Morant Bay Rebellion
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events in Jamaica in 1865 and their consequences.