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Book of the Week Perilous Question: The Drama of the Great Reform Bill 1832, Episode 1
1/5 It's the beginning of the 1830s. The word reform is in the air, but who will press for it?
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Cosmic Quest The Earth Moves
9/30 Copernicus had the crazy idea that the Earth was not at the centre of the universe.
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Cosmic Quest Mathematics of the Sky
8/30 Heather Couper considers the Islamic scholar, poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam.
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Cosmic Quest Wheels Within Wheels
7/30 Ptolomy wrote 13 volumes listing over 1000 stars and 48 constellations around AD 150.
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In Our Time Icelandic Sagas
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Icelandic sagas.
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Making History 07/05/2013
History magazine programme.
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In Our Time Gnosticism
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Gnosticism, a sect associated with early Christianity.
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Making History 30/04/2013
Tom Holland is joined by leading historians to discuss the latest historical research.
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How to Run Europe Napoleon's Way
3/3 Anne is in Brussels and Paris to explore the empire of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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In Our Time Montaigne
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the great French writer Michel de Montaigne.
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