The top ten episodes as suggested by listeners.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the cause and impact of the gin craze in the 18th century.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Romulus and Remus, the foundation myth of Rome.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 1816, known as the year without a summer.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gilgamesh, the great epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss photosynthesis.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematical problem of P versus NP.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Muses in Greek mythology and after.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematician Kurt Godel and his work.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval writer and mystic Hildegard of Bingen.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss common sense philosophy.