Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Talas in AD751. Read more
now playing
The Battle of Talas
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Talas in AD751.
Rudyard Kipling
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Rudyard Kipling.
The Haitian Revolution
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804.
Nuclear Fusion
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and science of nuclear fusion.
Hatshepsut
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the female Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut.
Brunel
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Aesop
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aesop, legendary author of the famous collection of fables
Kafka's The Trial
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Trial, by Franz Kafka.
Zen
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Zen, a distinctively East Asian form of Buddhism.
Behavioural Ecology
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss behavioural ecology.
Truth
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss philosophical approaches to truth.
Bruegel's The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Bruegel's painting The Fight Between Carnival and Lent.
Phenomenology
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophical movement phenomenology.
Thucydides
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian Thucydides.
Ashoka the Great
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Indian ruler Ashoka the Great.
The Photon
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the photon, the fundamental particle of light.
The Wealth of Nations
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Adam Smith's economic treatise The Wealth of Nations.
The Eunuch
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and significance of eunuchs.
Beowulf
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the epic Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf.
Dark Matter
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss dark matter, the 'missing mass' of the universe.
Al-Ghazali
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval Islamic thinker Al-Ghazali.
The Curies
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the scientific achievements of the Curie family.
The California Gold Rush
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the California Gold Rush of the 1850s.
Sappho
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek poet Sappho.
Matteo Ricci and the Ming Dynasty
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Matteo Ricci's 16th-century travels in Ming China.
Fanny Burney
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the 18th-century writer Fanny Burney.
The Earth's Core
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Earth's core.
Tagore
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Rabindranath Tagore.
The Lancashire Cotton Famine
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Lancashire cotton famine during the American Civil War
Josephus
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Flavius Josephus, author of The Jewish War.
The Science of Glass
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the puzzling science of glass.