Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 16th-century astronomer, renowned for his accuracy.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1858 crisis from the flow of sewage into the Thames.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes and early consequences of the 1798 rebellion.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the speeches that set the standard for political attacks.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events in Jamaica in 1865 and their consequences.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise and abrupt fall of the famous military order.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Cambodian temple complex, begun 900 years ago.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 17th-century Czech educator committed to toleration.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the lasting impact of David I, King of Scotland c1084-1153
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of The Declaration of the Rights of Woman, 1791
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the two-million-year span of our most adaptable ancestor.
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Indian Sanskrit text the Arthashastra.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the prominent Russian anarchist and his idea of Mutual Aid
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the enthusiasm in Britain for abstaining from alcohol.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what happened when world currencies were tied to gold
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great powers of the Late Bronze Age.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and protests in 1919 that shaped modern China.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nelson's famous victory and death on 21 October 1805.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Europe's largest republic, before its partition in 1772.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the race to build an atom bomb before anyone else in WW2
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek writer known as the father of history.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Charles Booth's landmark survey of London's poor and rich.
