Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the inspiring last days of the great Athenian philosopher. Read more
now playing
Socrates in Prison
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the inspiring last days of the great Athenian philosopher.
Pope Joan
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the legend of Pope Joan.
Sir John Soane
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential English architect John Soane.
Catherine of Aragon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman so important that two Tudor royals married her.
Oliver Goldsmith
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss this influential and prolific 18th-century Irish writer.