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1999
January
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Feminism 7 JanMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most important events of the 20th century - the rise of Feminism and the subsequent empowerment of women.300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology
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Genetic Engineering 14 JanMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the implications of the developments in genetic engineering.570 Biology
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Modern Culture 21 JanMelvyn Bragg and guests debate the state of Modern Culture in the 20th century.800 Literature, rhetoric and criticism
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Ageing 28 JanMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss ageing.610 Medicine and health
February
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relevance of psychoanalysis at the end of the 20th century.150 Psychology
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Language and the Mind 11 FebMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of our ideas about the formation of language.400 Language
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of thought about space, and examines whether cyberspace has introduced a new concept of space in our world or if its roots are in Einsteinian physics.500 Science
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Melvyn Bragg examines the social and aesthetic impact of the Avant Garde and discusses whether it has failed in making painting relevant in the 20th century.700 Arts
March
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the enduring popular and academic appeal of Shakespeare.820 English and Old English literatures
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History as Science 11 MarMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the importance of geography and ecology in determining world history since civilisation began.900 History
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the role of animals in humankind’s search for knowledge.170 Ethics
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise in so-called spectacular architecture at the end of the 20th century.720 Architecture
April
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Good and Evil 1 AprMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss whether religion can still be seen as a way of interpreting and judging good and evil in modern western civilisation and examines what the discoveries of Darwin and our knowledge of the true physiological nature and history of man has done for us in terms understanding our concepts of good and evil.200 Religion
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Melvyn Bragg examines how two writers’ work have been shaped by political oppression and explores whether writers have a political role in modern society.320 Political science
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Evolution 15 AprMelvyn Bragg examines the future of gene therapy and advances in evolutionary biology.570 Biology
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Fundamentalism 22 AprMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the roots and the consequences of religious fundamentalism.200 Religion
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Artificial Intelligence 29 AprMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss artificial intelligence.000 Computer science, knowledge and systems
May
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Mathematics 6 MayMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the way perceptions of the importance of mathematics have fluctuated in the 20th century, the nature of mathematical ability, and what mathematics can show us about how life began, and how it might continue.510 Mathematics
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Multiculturalism 13 MayMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss multiculturalism.300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology
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The Universe’s Origins 20 MayMelvyn Bragg examines the history of what we know about the origins of the universe.520 Astronomy
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Memory and Culture 27 MayMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss memory.150 Psychology
June
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Just War 3 JunMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea of a just war.170 Ethics
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The Monarchy 10 JunMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the British monarchy.940 History of Europe
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The Great Disruption 17 JunMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the shift that has gone on through the 20th century from our being an industrial society to what is often called ‘the information society’.300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology
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Capitalism 24 JunMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss capitalism throughout the last two centuries.330 Economics
July
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Intelligence 1 JulMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss a question that has stalked the twentieth century: Intelligence.150 Psychology
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Africa 8 JulMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss Africa.960 History of Africa
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Truth, Lies and Fiction 15 JulMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss truth, lies and fiction.800 Literature, rhetoric and criticism
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Pain 22 JulMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss pain; something of which everyone has an individual experience.610 Medicine and health
September
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Genetic Determinism 23 SepMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the theory of Genetic Determinism.570 Biology
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Maths and Storytelling 30 SepMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between maths and storytelling.510 Mathematics
October
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Utopia 7 OctMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the concept of Utopia.320 Political science
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The Nation State 14 OctMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Nation State.320 Political science
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The Individual 21 OctMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the concept of the individual.100 Philosophy
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Atrocity in the 20th Century 28 OctMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the widespread and chilling atrocities of the 20th century.900 History
November
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Education 4 NovMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and the modern purpose of education.370 Education
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The Novel 11 NovMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the development and the future of the novel.800 Literature, rhetoric and criticism
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Progress 18 NovMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss progress.100 Philosophy
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Consciousness 25 NovMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the problems of consciousness, one of the greatest mysteries facing science and philosophy today.120 Epistemology
December
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Tragedy 2 DecMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the ancient genre of tragedy and examines whether we have a psychological need for it, either as catharsis or Schadenfreude.800 Literature, rhetoric and criticism
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Childhood 9 DecMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss childhood.300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology
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Medical Ethics 16 DecMelvyn Bragg examines the technological advances and ethics of modern medicine.170 Ethics
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Prayer 23 DecMelvyn Bragg examines the purpose and effects of prayer.200 Religion
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Time 30 DecMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of mankind’s attempt to understand the nature of time.110 Metaphysics