A collection of programmes looking at the famous literary pact with the devil
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the myth of Faustus and temptation by evil.
Neil MacGregor focuses on Germany's great national poet Goethe, who was born in 1749.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great German polymath, Johann Wolfgang Goethe.
With Kirsty Lang, who reviews film maker Terry Gilliam's debut as an opera director.
Junior Wizard Rincewind tries to escape Discworld's Dungeon Dimensions.
Rincewind tries to fulfil his client Eric's wish to be Ruler of the World.
Junior Wizard Rincewind orders an egg and cress sandwich at the Beginning of Time.
A man with an insatiable thirst for knowledge makes a pact with Devil. Can it end well?
Will Faust's pact with the Devil for knowledge be worth the price he must pay?