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Maria Theresa
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman who ruled Austria, shaking up the European order
Alan Turing
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the short, brilliant life of computer science's founder.
Deism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most disruptive ideas of the Enlightenment.
Macbeth
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies.
Cave Art
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how and why Stone Age people decorated caves with images.
Pericles
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Athenian statesman and orator.
The Covenanters
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Presbyterian solidarity in C17th Scotland and its impact.
Paul Dirac
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the greatest theoretical physicists who ever lived.
The Evolution of Horses
Discussion of the origin, migration, extinction and domestication of horses.
The Valladolid Debate
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dispute in 1550 over enslavement of native Americans.
