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2007
January
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Jorge Luis Borges 4 JanMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the Argentinian master of the short story, Jorge Luis Borges.860 Spanish, Portuguese, Galician literatures
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Mars 11 JanMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the planet Mars.520 Astronomy
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The Jesuits 18 JanMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Jesuits, a Catholic religious order of priests who became known as “the school masters of Europe”.270 History of Christianity
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Archimedes 25 JanMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek mathematician Archimedes.510 Mathematics
February
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Genghis Khan 1 FebMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss Genghis Khan.950 History of Asia
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Popper 8 FebMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century, Karl Popper whose ideas about science and politics robustly challenged the accepted ideas of the day.100 Philosophy
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Heart of Darkness 15 FebMelvyn Bragg will be discussing Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.820 English and Old English literatures
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Wilberforce 22 FebIn an unusual edition of In Our Time, marking the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade, Melvyn Bragg leaves the studio to examine the life of William Wilberforce.320 Political science
March
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Optics 1 MarMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of optics.530 Physics
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Microbiology 8 MarMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of microbiology.570 Biology
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Epistolary Literature 15 MarMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 18th Century fashion for epistolary literature.820 English and Old English literatures
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Bismarck 22 MarMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the original Iron Chancellor, Otto Von Bismarck.940 History of Europe
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Anaesthetics 29 MarMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of anaesthetics, from laughing gas in the 1790s to the discovery of “blessed chloroform”.610 Medicine and health
April
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St Hilda 5 AprMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 7th century saint, Hilda, or Hild as she would have been known then, wielded great religious and political influence in a volatile era.270 History of Christianity
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The Opium Wars 12 AprMelvyn Bragg discusses the Opium Wars, a series of conflicts in the 19th Century which had a profound effect on British Chinese relations for generations.950 History of Asia
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Symmetry 19 AprMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss symmetry.510 Mathematics
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Greek and Roman Love Poetry 26 AprMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss Greek and Roman love poetry, from the Greek poet Sappho and her erotic descriptions of romance on Lesbos, to the love-hate poems of the Roman writer Catullus.880 Classical and modern Greek literatures
May
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Spinoza 3 MayMelvyn Bragg discusses the Dutch Jewish Philosopher Spinoza.190 Modern Western Philosophy
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Victorian Pessimism 10 MayMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss Victorian Pessimism.820 English and Old English literatures
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Gravitational Waves 17 MayMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss mysterious phenomena called Gravitational Waves in contemporary physics.530 Physics
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The Siege of Orléans 24 MayMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Siege of Orleans, when Joan of Arc came to the rescue of France and routed the English army with the help of God.940 History of Europe
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Ockham’s Razor 31 MayMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophical ideas of William Ockham including Ockham’s Razor.190 Modern Western Philosophy
June
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Siegfried Sassoon 7 JunMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the war poet Siegfried Sassoon.820 English and Old English literatures
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Renaissance Astrology 14 JunMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss Renaissance Astrology.130 Parapsychology and occultism
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Common Sense Philosophy 21 JunMelvyn Bragg looks at an unexpected philosophical subject - the philosophy of common sense.100 Philosophy
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Permian-Triassic boundary.550 Earth sciences and geology
July
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The Pilgrim Fathers 5 JulMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Pilgrim Fathers and their 1620 voyage to the New World on the Mayflower.970 History of North America
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Madame Bovary 12 JulMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the literary sensation caused by Gustave Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary.840 French and related literatures
September
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Socrates 27 SepMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek philosopher Socrates, acknowledged as one of the founders of Western philosophy.180 Ancient, medieval, and Eastern philosophy
October
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Antimatter 4 OctMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss Antimatter, a type of particle predicted by the British physicist, Paul Dirac.530 Physics
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The Divine Right of Kings 11 OctMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Divine Right of Kings.320 Political science
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The Arabian Nights 18 OctMelvyn Bragg discusses the myths, tales and legends of the Arabian Nights.800 Literature, rhetoric and criticism
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Taste 25 OctMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 18th century obsession with taste.700 Arts
November
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Guilt 1 NovMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss morality by taking a long hard look at the idea of guilt.170 Ethics
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Avicenna 8 NovMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Persian Islamic philosopher, Avicenna.180 Ancient, medieval, and Eastern philosophy
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Oxygen 15 NovMelvyn Bragg discusses the discovery of Oxygen by Joseph Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier.540 Chemistry
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The Prelude 22 NovMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the greatest long poems in the English language - The Prelude.820 English and Old English literatures
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The Fibonacci Sequence 29 NovMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Fibonacci Sequence.510 Mathematics
December
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Genetic Mutation 6 DecMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss mutation in genetics and evolution.570 Biology
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The Sassanid Empire 13 DecMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Sassanian Empire.930 History of the Ancient World
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The Four Humours 20 DecMelvyn Bragg and guests talk about blood, black bile, yellow bile and phlegm.610 Medicine and health
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The Nicene Creed 27 DecMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Nicene Creed which established the Divinity of Christ.270 History of Christianity