In Our Time Episodes Available now
Li Shizhen
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the heights of medical knowledge under the Ming dynasty
Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most powerful woman in the C12th Kingdom of Jerusalem
Crime and Punishment
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Dostoevsky's novel. The hero thinks he's above the law....
The Treaty of Limerick
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the treaty ending the Williamite War in Ireland in 1691
Hybrids
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how parents from different species can reproduce
Robert Burns
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry, ideas and life of Robert Burns (1759-1796).
The Time Machine
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the science and ideas in HG Wells' story of time travel.
Rousseau on Education
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ideas on the education of children
Dorothy Hodgkin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Rapture
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that believers will vanish from the world.
