Corals (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the simple animals which form the now-threatened reefs.
- 52 mins
- 06 Jul 2023
BBC Sounds - In Our Time - Available Episodes
In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Episodes (997 Available)
- Jupiter
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the largest planet in our solar system.
- 50 mins
- 29 Jun 2023
- Elizabeth Anscombe
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential 20th-century moral philosopher.
- 54 mins
- 22 Jun 2023
- Death in Venice
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Mann's novella of 1912.
- 48 mins
- 15 Jun 2023
- Oedipus Rex
Melvyn Bragg and guests on Sophocles' tragedy, sometimes called the best play ever written
- 54 mins
- 08 Jun 2023
- Mitochondria
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the power-packs within cells in all complex life on Earth.
- 52 mins
- 01 Jun 2023
- Louis XIV: The Sun King
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and reign of the French king who built Versailles
- 47 mins
- 25 May 2023
- Virgil's Georgics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman poet's celebration of agriculture and rural life
- 49 mins
- 18 May 2023
- The Shimabara Rebellion
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1637-8 Christian uprising in Japan.
- 48 mins
- 11 May 2023
- The Dead Sea Scrolls
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Biblical texts and documents found in the late 1940s.
- 48 mins
- 04 May 2023
- Walt Whitman
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the innovative and highly influential American poet.
- 49 mins
- 27 Apr 2023
- Linnaeus
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and legacy of the pioneering Swedish botanist.
- 50 mins
- 20 Apr 2023
- The Battle of Crécy
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1346 conflict between the armies of France and England
- 50 mins
- 13 Apr 2023
CnutMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dane who became a powerful King of England in 1016.
- 51 mins
- 06 Apr 2023
A Room of One's OwnMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss Virginia Woolf's essay on women and literature.
- 54 mins
- 30 Mar 2023
Solon the LawgiverMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the statesman who transformed Athens in the 6th century BC
- 51 mins
- 23 Mar 2023
MercantilismMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea which dominated European economies for 300 years.
- 57 mins
- 16 Mar 2023
The RamayanaMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Sanskrit epic.
- 49 mins
- 09 Mar 2023
MegalithsMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss what we know about ancient stones placed in the landscape.
- 50 mins
- 02 Mar 2023
Paul ErdősMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the prolific Hungarian mathematician.
- 51 mins
- 23 Feb 2023
