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Corals
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the simple animals which form the now-threatened reefs.
Iris Murdoch
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of the celebrated author of The Bell.
The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Europe's largest republic, before its partition in 1772.
The Manhattan Project
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the race to build an atom bomb before anyone else in WW2
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Anne Bronte's novel of a woman's fight for independence.
Herodotus
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek writer known as the father of history.
The Evolution of Crocodiles
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the land animals of the Triassic that dominated dinosaurs.
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss some of the greatest and most challenging poems in English
Edward Gibbon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Booth's Life and Labour Survey
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Charles Booth's landmark survey of London's poor and rich.