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The Greek Myths

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek myths from Achilles to Zeus.

• 45 mins

Kierkegaard

Melvyn Bragg examines the rich and radical ideas of the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.

• 45 mins

The Dissolution of the Monasteries

Melvyn Bragg examines Henry VIII's policy of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

• 45 mins

The Laws of Motion

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isaac Newton鈥檚 Laws of Motion.

• 45 mins

The Norman Yoke

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 鈥榯he Norman Yoke'.

• 45 mins

Yeats and Irish Politics

Melvyn Bragg examines the effect of Irish politics on the work of the poet W.B. Yeats.

• 45 mins

Materialism

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Materialism in Philosophy.

• 45 mins

The Enclosures of the 18th Century

Melvyn Bragg examines the enclosure movement that fenced in the British countryside.

• 45 mins

The Brain

The history of cultural, medical, artistic and philosophical ideas about the human brain.

• 45 mins

The Library at Nineveh

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a treasure house of Assyrian ideas.

• 45 mins

The Black Death

Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the Black Death and its effect on medieval society.

• 45 mins

Probability

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the strange mathematics of probability.

• 45 mins

Lysenkoism

Melvyn Bragg examines the destructive career of the Soviet geneticist Trofim Lysenko.

• 45 mins

The Riddle of the Sands

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the prescient thriller about Anglo-German relations.

• 45 mins

The Music of the Spheres

Melvyn Bragg explores the ancient astrological idea of the music of the spheres.

• 45 mins

The Arab Conquests

Melvyn Bragg examines the Arab conquests which helped communicate Islam to the world.

• 45 mins

The Metaphysical Poets

Melvyn Bragg examines the Metaphysical poets, including John Donne and Andrew Marvell.

• 45 mins

Tacitus and the Decadence of Rome

Melvyn Bragg examines the life and chronicles of the the Roman historian Tacitus.

• 45 mins

Miracles

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history of miracles.

• 45 mins

The Translation Movement

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss classical Greek ideas in the Arabic and the Islamic world.

• 45 mins

Godel's Incompleteness Theorems

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematician Kurt Godel and his work.

• 45 mins

Vitalism

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 18th and 19th century quest for the spark of life.

• 45 mins

Dante's Inferno

Melvyn Bragg examines Dante鈥檚 鈥業nferno鈥�, a medieval journey through Hell鈥檚 nine circles

• 45 mins

Bolivar

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Simon Bolivar, the liberator of South America.

• 45 mins

Aristotle's Politics

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle鈥檚 鈥楶olitics鈥�.

• 45 mins

Neuroscience

Melvyn Bragg examines neuroscience, the relationship between the mind and the brain.

• 45 mins

The Baroque Movement

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the culture of the Baroque.

• 45 mins

The Great Reform Act

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Great Reform Act of 1832.

• 45 mins

Heat

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of scientific ideas about Heat.

• 45 mins

The Fire of London

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Great Fire of London and the rebuilding of the city.

• 45 mins