In Our Time Episodes Available now
Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why Napoleon's apparent victory turned to defeat in 1812.
Lorca
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Spanish poet and playwright's work, life and death.
Doggerland
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Stone Age human habitats now covered by the North Sea.
The Mytilenaean Debate
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Athenians' change of mind in the Peloponnesian War.
The Inca
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the advanced Andean empire, dominant until Pizarro arrived
Sir Thomas Browne
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physician with a curious mind in dangerous times
President Ulysses S Grant
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Grant's role in reconstructing the USA after the Civil War
Kinetic Theory
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how we know gas molecules move rather than keep still.
Frankenstein
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Shelley's Gothic story of a monster brought to life
Bergson and Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Henri Bergson's ideas about our experience of time passing
