In Our Time Episodes Available now
The Thirty Years War
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the devastating war across the Holy Roman Empire 1618-1648
The Long March
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Red Army's retreat across China, from October 1934
Hope
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of hope - a weakness or a strength?
Horace
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman poet Horace, who flourished under Augustus.
Marie Antoinette
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Austrian princess, guillotined as Queen of France.
Free Radicals
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the molecules linked to cell functioning and ageing
The Fable of the Bees
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mandeville's work on the public benefit of private vices.
Is Shakespeare History? The Romans
Melvyn Bragg discusses the impact of Shakespeare's approach to history (programme 2 of 2).
Is Shakespeare History? The Plantagenets
Melvyn Bragg discusses the impact of Shakespeare's approach to history (programme 1 of 2)
Edith Wharton
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Wharton's novels of America's Gilded Age.
