Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Matteo Ricci's 16th-century travels in Ming China.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the scientific achievements of the Curie family.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the California Gold Rush of the 1850s.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and significance of eunuchs.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Adam Smith's economic treatise The Wealth of Nations.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Indian ruler Ashoka the Great.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian Thucydides.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the female Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Talas in AD751.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and reputation of Julius Caesar.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval writer and mystic Hildegard of Bingen.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 18th-century Bluestocking Society.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Domesday Book.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Strabo's Geographica, an early work of geography.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman gladiator and rebel leader Spartacus.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss medieval chivalry.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Phoenicians of the ancient Mediterranean.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the sources for early Chinese history.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Tours of 732.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato's Symposium.
