Popular culture, poetry, music and visual arts and the roles they play in our society.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poems of Catullus from the late Roman Republic
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss WH Auden's life and his poetry from the 1930s.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Dostoevsky's novel. The hero thinks he's above the law....
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry, ideas and life of Robert Burns (1759-1796).
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the science and ideas in HG Wells' story of time travel.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Spanish poet and playwright's work, life and death.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physician with a curious mind in dangerous times
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Shelley's Gothic story of a monster brought to life
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's comedy, one of his most popular plays
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 'the only influential poet of the Victorian age'.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry and context of this pre-Islamic Arabian knight
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how this Bible story has inspired artists for centuries.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the playwright and novelist, author of Waiting for Godot
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the greatest poems from medieval England
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman poet Horace, who flourished under Augustus.
Melvyn Bragg discusses the impact of Shakespeare's approach to history (programme 2 of 2).
Melvyn Bragg discusses the impact of Shakespeare's approach to history (programme 1 of 2)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Wharton's novels of America's Gilded Age.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the epic poem on the wrath of Achilles in the Trojan War.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a great cultural figure of the 19th century.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the playwright and his tragedies of middle-class life.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval Welsh stories of Celtic mythology.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George Eliot's greatest novel, published 1871-72.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the celebrated Russian poet.
