Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Physiocrats, important French economic thinkers.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Putney Debates of 1647.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the South Sea Bubble of the early 18th century.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Taiping Rebellion.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Volga Vikings.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the War of 1812 between America and Great Britain.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian and soldier Xenophon.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the dawn of the Iron Age.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian social reformer Octavia Hill.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Minoan Civilisation of Bronze Age Crete.
