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Human Origins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the evolution of the human species.
Death
Melvyn Bragg examines the development of Western rituals and attitudes to death.
Shakespeare's Work
Melvyn Bragg examines what it is about Shakespeare鈥檚 work that makes it universal.
The Wars of the Roses
The 15th century wars of the royal Houses of Lancaster and York.
Chemical Elements
Melvyn Bragg explores chemistry's ongoing mission to understand irreducible substances.
The American Ideal
Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the ideals that underwrite the idealism of America.
The Renaissance
Melvyn Bragg explores the veracity of modern claims about the culture of the Renaissance.
Inspiration and Genius
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the true meaning of genius and whether it is born or made.
Biography
Melvyn Bragg examines why the public is fascinated with the private lives of individuals.
Imagination and Consciousness
Melvyn Bragg investigates how neuroscience can explain the enigmas of consciousness.
London
The history of London from its Neolithic origin to the digitalised capital city of today.
Hitler in History
Melvyn Bragg examines Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany though historiographical theories.
The Romantics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideals, exponents and legacy of Romanticism.
Laws of Nature
Melvyn Bragg considers whether what is true in physics is true in all areas of existence.
The Tudor State
Melvyn Bragg looks at the re-shaping of England as a modern state by the Tudor dynasty.
Evolutionary Psychology
Melvyn Bragg explores the basis and context for the ideas of Evolutionary Psychology.
Psychoanalysis and Literature
Melvyn Bragg assesses the role of Freudian analysis in understanding literature.
Nihilism
The history of the philosophy that claims that truths are illusory.
Gothic
Melvyn Bragg examines the origins and significance of the 18th century Gothic movement.
Mathematics and Platonism
Melvyn Bragg examines whether mathematics is a process of invention or of discovery.
The Enlightenment in Britain
Melvyn Bragg examines the role of British thinkers in the 18th century Enlightenment.
Science and Religion
Melvyn Bragg explores the areas of conflict and agreement between science and religion.
Imperial Science
Melvyn Bragg examines whether agriculture or trade drove 19th century British imperialism.
Humanism
The history and legacy of classical Humanism, invented by Cicero.
The Restoration
Melvyn Bragg looks at the reign of Charles II and the consequences of the Restoration.
Quantum Gravity
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 20th century attempts to understand the Quantum world.
Money
Melvyn Bragg examines whether economic factors really are behind all historical events.
Shakespeare's Life
Melvyn Bragg and guests consider the enigma of the life of William Shakespeare
Fossils
The significance of fossils in history and the impact of techniques in understanding them.
The Philosophy of Love
Melvyn Bragg examines the western understanding of the Philosophy of Love since Plato.
The Roman Empire's Collapse in the 5th century
The causes and events of the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century.