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Released On: 17 Feb 2000

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

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Melvyn Bragg examines the development of Western rituals and attitudes to death.
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Melvyn Bragg examines what it is about Shakespeare’s work that makes it universal.
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Melvyn Bragg explores chemistry's ongoing mission to understand irreducible substances.
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Melvyn Bragg explores the veracity of modern claims about the culture of the Renaissance.
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the true meaning of genius and whether it is born or made.
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Melvyn Bragg examines why the public is fascinated with the private lives of individuals.
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Melvyn Bragg investigates how neuroscience can explain the enigmas of consciousness.
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The history of London from its Neolithic origin to the digitalised capital city of today.
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Melvyn Bragg examines Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany though historiographical theories.
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideals, exponents and legacy of Romanticism.
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The Tudor State
Melvyn Bragg looks at the re-shaping of England as a modern state by the Tudor dynasty.
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