In Our Time Episodes Available now
Wilfred Owen
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the outstanding poets of the First World War.
The Fish-Tetrapod Transition
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great stages in the evolution of life on Earth.
Berthe Morisot
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the innovative artist at the heart of French impressionism
The Knights Templar
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise and abrupt fall of the famous military order.
The Electron
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the atomic particle that's proved a gateway to modernity.
Plato's Atlantis
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's story of the great, lost island of Atlantis.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Orwell's novel on totalitarianism, truth and surveillance.
John Bull
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins and evolution of the satirical everyman figure
Angkor Wat
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Cambodian temple complex, begun 900 years ago.
Dylan Thomas
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poems, plays and persona of the prominent Welsh writer
