In Our Time Episodes Available now
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Germanic tribes' destruction of three Roman legions.
George Sand
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated French novelist, her life and work.
Alcuin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scholar who revived learning for its own sake in C8th
Solar Wind
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss solar wind, from auroras to the edge of the solar system.
The Siege of Paris 1870-71
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Paris under Prussian siege and then under the Commune
Catullus
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poems of Catullus from the late Roman Republic
Tutankhamun
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb and what that revealed
Auden
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss WH Auden's life and his poetry from the 1930s.
Coffee
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of coffee and its impact
Lawrence of Arabia
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lawrence of Arabia for this year's Listener Week
