Browse the 19th Century era within the In Our Time archive.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Ernest Rutherford, the father of nuclear science.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the novels of sensation, a Victorian literary phenomenon.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George Eliot's 1861 novel Silas Marner.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss suffragism, the movement for women's voting rights.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem In Memoriam.
Melvyn Bragg examines the spread of religious doubt over the last three centuries.
Melvyn Bragg explores the myths and harsh reality of the 19th century American pioneers.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ethos and legacy of the British Empire.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm.
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the scientific achievements of the Cavendish family.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the city.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dreyfus Affair, which tore France apart in the 1890s.
The history of the private trading company that helped forge the British Empire.
Melvyn Bragg examines the enclosure movement that fenced in the British countryside.
The impact and legacy of the French Revolution on European culture and politics.
Melvyn Bragg examines the exhibition that showcased Victorian Britain's industrial might.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Great Reform Act of 1832.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the rebellion which followed
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Industrial Revolution.
Melvyn Bragg examines the poetry, tragedy and idealism of Byron, Shelley and Keats.
Melvyn Bragg and guests consider the development and the future of the novel.
Melvyn Bragg discusses the 19th century Opium Wars between Britain and China.
Melvyn Bragg examines the 19th century Catholic movement within the Church of England.
