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Oliver Goldsmith
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss this influential and prolific 18th-century Irish writer.

Catherine of Aragon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman so important that two Tudor royals married her.

Sir John Soane
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential English architect John Soane.

Pope Joan
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the legend of Pope Joan.

Socrates in Prison
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the inspiring last days of the great Athenian philosopher.

The Battle of Valmy
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the day in 1792 when the French Revolution risked defeat.

Slime Moulds
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the remarkable world of slime mould.

Vase-mania
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the eighteenth century mania for classical vases.

Plutarch's Parallel Lives
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential Greek biographer and his main work

The Habitability of Planets
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas about where life may begin in the universe and how.