BBC Sounds - In Our Time - Available Episodes

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 17th-century Czech educator committed to toleration.

• 42 mins
• 19 May 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Li Bai and Du Fu from the Golden Age of Chinese Poetry.

• 46 mins
• 12 May 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the lasting impact of David I, King of Scotland c1084-1153

• 50 mins
• 05 May 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Eusebius of Caesarea and his stories of Christian martyrs.

• 53 mins
• 28 Apr 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of The Declaration of the Rights of Woman, 1791

• 49 mins
• 21 Apr 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the two-million-year span of our most adaptable ancestor.

• 51 mins
• 14 Apr 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1819 work that inspired two centuries of vampire tales

• 51 mins
• 07 Apr 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Michelangelo's iconic frescoes in Renaissance Rome.

• 55 mins
• 31 Mar 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Sophocles' tragedy of an autocrat who defies family ties.

• 54 mins
• 24 Mar 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Max Weber's idea of charismatic authority in leadership

• 52 mins
• 17 Mar 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the study of earthquakes helps reveal Earth's secrets.

• 49 mins
• 10 Mar 2022

New episodes will now be available first on Sounds for 28 days before other podcast apps.

• 1 min
• 04 Mar 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Indian Sanskrit text the Arthashastra.

• 56 mins
• 03 Mar 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the prominent Russian anarchist and his idea of Mutual Aid

• 51 mins
• 24 Feb 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's tragedy of young star-crossed love in Verona

• 50 mins
• 17 Feb 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential thinkers of the last century.

• 50 mins
• 10 Feb 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the enthusiasm in Britain for abstaining from alcohol.

• 52 mins
• 03 Feb 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a major force in French culture in the 20th century.

• 51 mins
• 27 Jan 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what happened when world currencies were tied to gold

• 49 mins
• 20 Jan 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hardy's goal of being a great poet and how he succeeded.

• 50 mins
• 13 Jan 2022