The Opium Wars

Melvyn Bragg discusses the 19th century Opium Wars between Britain and China.

• 45 mins

Symmetry

Melvyn Bragg discusses the idea of symmetry in art and nature.

• 45 mins

Greek and Roman Love Poetry

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Greek and Roman love poetry.

• 45 mins

Spinoza

Melvyn Bragg discusses the Dutch, Jewish and Christian Philosopher, Baruch Spinoza.

• 45 mins

Victorian Pessimism

Melvyn Bragg discusses the high pessimism of Victorian culture.

• 30 mins

Gravitational Waves

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of Gravitational Waves.

• 45 mins

The Siege of Orléans

Melvyn Bragg discusses Joan of Arc's role in the 1428 Siege of Orléans.

• 45 mins

Ockham's Razor

Melvyn Bragg discusses the ideas of William Ockham including Ockham's Razor.

• 45 mins

Siegfried Sassoon

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the war poet Siegfried Sassoon.

• 45 mins

Renaissance Astrology

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Renaissance Astrology.

• 45 mins

Common Sense Philosophy

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss common sense philosophy.

• 45 mins

The Permian-Triassic Boundary

Melvyn Bragg discusses the Permian-Triassic boundary in evolutionary history.

• 45 mins

The Pilgrim Fathers

Melvyn Bragg discusses what the Pilgrim Fathers and the Mayflower mean to Americans.

• 45 mins

Madame Bovary

Melvyn Bragg discusses the 1857 trial of Gustave Flaubert's novel, Madame Bovary

• 45 mins

Socrates

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the iconic Greek philosopher, Socrates.

• 45 mins

Antimatter

Melvyn Bragg discusses Antimatter in particle physics and cosmology.

• 45 mins

The Divine Right of Kings

Melvyn Bragg discusses the idea that kingly authority derives from God.

• 45 mins

The Arabian Nights

Melvyn Bragg discusses the myths, tales and legends of the Arabian Nights.

• 45 mins

Taste

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 18th century obsession with taste.

• 45 mins

Guilt

Melvyn Bragg and guests take a long hard look at the idea of guilt.

• 45 mins

Avicenna

Melvyn Bragg discusses the Persian Islamic philosopher Avicenna.

• 45 mins

Oxygen

Melvyn Bragg discusses the discovery of Oxygen by Joseph Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier.

• 45 mins

The Prelude

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Wordsworth’s poem, The Prelude.

• 45 mins

The Fibonacci Sequence

Melvyn Bragg discusses the mathematical and cultural mysteries of the Fibonacci Sequence.

• 45 mins

Genetic Mutation

Melvyn Bragg discusses mutation in genetics and evolution.

• 45 mins

The Sassanid Empire

Melvyn Bragg discusses the Sassanian Empire in Persia from the 3rd to the 7th century AD.

• 45 mins

The Four Humours

Melvyn Bragg discusses the four humours in medical history.

• 45 mins

The Nicene Creed

Melvyn Bragg discusses the Nicene Creed which established the Divinity of Christ.

• 45 mins

Camus

The life ad work of the Algerian-French writer and philosopher, Albert Camus.

• 45 mins

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Charge of the Light Brigade.

• 45 mins