Masculinity in Literature

Melvyn Bragg investigates the changing ideals of masculinity in 20th century literature.

• 30 mins

Economic Rights

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between democracy and capitalism.

• 30 mins

Republicanism

Melvyn Bragg examines how English republicanism has developed from Cromwell to today.

• 30 mins

Goethe and the Science of the Enlightenment

Melvyn Bragg assesses the scientific legacy of the 18th century German poet Goethe.

• 30 mins

Reading

The history of the politics, practice and process of reading.

• 30 mins

Grand Unified Theory

The 20th century pursuit in physics for the ultimate theory of everything.

• 30 mins

Metamorphosis

Melvyn Bragg explores the enduring appeal of the Roman poet Ovid’s work Metamorphoses.

• 30 mins

The Age of Doubt

Melvyn Bragg examines the spread of religious doubt over the last three centuries.

• 30 mins

Lenin

Melvyn Bragg investigates what drove the Soviet leader Lenin, and enabled his successes.

• 30 mins

Materialism and the Consumer

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the development and future of material culture.

• 30 mins

History and Understanding the Past

Melvyn Bragg examines whether we can ever predict the future by understanding the past.

• 30 mins

The Natural Order

Melvyn Bragg examines the science of taxonomy; the classification of the natural world.

• 45 mins

New Wars

Melvyn Bragg examines whether we are in a new era in the history of modern warfare.

• 41 mins

Englishness

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the characteristics of the English identity.

• 45 mins

Human Origins

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the evolution of the human species.

• 45 mins

Death

Melvyn Bragg examines the development of Western rituals and attitudes to death.

• 45 mins

Shakespeare's Work

Melvyn Bragg examines what it is about Shakespeare’s work that makes it universal.

• 45 mins

The Wars of the Roses

The 15th century wars of the royal Houses of Lancaster and York.

• 45 mins

Chemical Elements

Melvyn Bragg explores chemistry's ongoing mission to understand irreducible substances.

• 45 mins

The American Ideal

Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the ideals that underwrite the idealism of America.

• 45 mins

The Renaissance

Melvyn Bragg explores the veracity of modern claims about the culture of the Renaissance.

• 45 mins

Inspiration and Genius

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the true meaning of genius and whether it is born or made.

• 45 mins

Biography

Melvyn Bragg examines why the public is fascinated with the private lives of individuals.

• 45 mins

Imagination and Consciousness

Melvyn Bragg investigates how neuroscience can explain the enigmas of consciousness.

• 45 mins

London

The history of London from its Neolithic origin to the digitalised capital city of today.

• 45 mins

Hitler in History

Melvyn Bragg examines Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany though historiographical theories.

• 45 mins

The Romantics

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideals, exponents and legacy of Romanticism.

• 45 mins

Laws of Nature

Melvyn Bragg considers whether what is true in physics is true in all areas of existence.

• 45 mins

The Tudor State

Melvyn Bragg looks at the re-shaping of England as a modern state by the Tudor dynasty.

• 45 mins

Evolutionary Psychology

Melvyn Bragg explores the basis and context for the ideas of Evolutionary Psychology.

• 45 mins