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Genetic Determinism
Melvyn Bragg explores the part genes play in our personalities.
Maths and Storytelling
Melvyn Bragg examines whether it is possible to apply mathematical logic to literature.
Utopia
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why we are as enthralled as ever by the idea of a Utopia.
The Nation State
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss whether it is appropriate to think of the UK as a nation.
The Individual
Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of the individual from the Renaissance to today.
Atrocity in the 20th Century
Melvyn Bragg examines the widespread and chilling inhumanity of the 20th century.
Education
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and the modern purpose of education.
The Novel
Melvyn Bragg and guests consider the development and the future of the novel.
Progress
Melvyn Bragg examines whether mankind has made as much moral as material progress.
Consciousness
Melvyn Bragg examines why ideas about consciousness preoccupy philosophers and scientists.
Tragedy
Melvyn Bragg examines whether the ancient genre of tragedy has a place in our own time.
Childhood
Melvyn Bragg looks at how perceptions of childhood have changed over the last 100 years.
Medical Ethics
Melvyn Bragg examines the technological advances and ethics of modern medicine.
Prayer
Melvyn Bragg examines the purpose and effects of prayer.
Time
Melvyn Bragg examines the history of mankind鈥檚 attempt to understand the nature of time.
Climate Change
Melvyn Bragg examines predictions and solutions for global warming and rising sea levels.
Information Technology
Melvyn Bragg explores the social and economic consequences of the information revolution.
Masculinity in Literature
Melvyn Bragg investigates the changing ideals of masculinity in 20th century literature.
Economic Rights
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between democracy and capitalism.
Republicanism
Melvyn Bragg examines how English republicanism has developed from Cromwell to today.
Goethe and the Science of the Enlightenment
Melvyn Bragg assesses the scientific legacy of the 18th century German poet Goethe.
Reading
The history of the politics, practice and process of reading.
Grand Unified Theory
The 20th century pursuit in physics for the ultimate theory of everything.
Metamorphosis
Melvyn Bragg explores the enduring appeal of the Roman poet Ovid鈥檚 work Metamorphoses.
The Age of Doubt
Melvyn Bragg examines the spread of religious doubt over the last three centuries.
Lenin
Melvyn Bragg investigates what drove the Soviet leader Lenin, and enabled his successes.
Materialism and the Consumer
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the development and future of material culture.
History and Understanding the Past
Melvyn Bragg examines whether we can ever predict the future by understanding the past.
The Natural Order
Melvyn Bragg examines the science of taxonomy; the classification of the natural world.
New Wars
Melvyn Bragg examines whether we are in a new era in the history of modern warfare.
Englishness
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the characteristics of the English identity.