The Forum Episodes Available now
Pioneers of surgical hygiene
The painful route to cleanliness in 19th century hospitals
The invention of numbers
How numbers and counting shaped our world
The life and works of William Blake
Radical visionary, artist and poet
J. William Fulbright: Scholarships and Soft Power
The man behind the renowned scholarship programme
The tales of Timbuktu
How a remote desert town in Mali became world famous
The piano: Hitting the right keys
Bridget Kendall and guests lift the lid on 300 years of the piano
Simone de Beauvoir: Feminist thinker for modern times
How a philosophical thinker radically changed the way we see women
Catherine the Great of Russia
A woman and a foreigner who usurped her way to the throne in 18th century Russia
Material World: Making the Modern Factory
The global factory story
Machu Picchu: The secrets of a forgotten city
The enigma of the Inca mountain retreat
