In Our Time Episodes Episode guide
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Hamlet
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's best known, longest and most quoted play.
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Beethoven
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and influence of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
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Thomas Becket
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, murder and impact of Thomas Becket (c 1118-1170)
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Moby Dick
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most popular idea sent in by listeners.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gauss, one of the great mathematicians.
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Thebes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek city of Thebes in myth, drama and history.
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Germaine de Stael
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and works of the great woman of letters.
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The Picts
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss history and culture of the Picts.
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Picasso's Guernica
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events behind and impact of Picasso's iconic work.
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Feathered Dinosaurs
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss which dinosaurs were feathered, and their links to birds.
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The Congress of Vienna
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Congress of Vienna, 1814-15.
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Aphra Behn
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aphra Behn (1640-1689): playwright, poet, spy.
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Constantine the Great
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
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Wuthering Heights
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Bronte's only novel, Wuthering Heights.
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Kant's Categorical Imperative
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the difference between right and wrong, according to Kant.
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Bird Migration
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how birds navigate and the risks and benefits of migration
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Plato's Republic
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great works of political and ethical theory.
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Eugene Onegin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pushkin's masterpiece, Eugene Onegin, a novel in verse.
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The American Populists
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rural protest movement in America's Gilded Age.
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Christine de Pizan
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Christine de Pizan (c1364-1430).
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Enzymes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss enzymes, the catalysts essential for life.
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Purgatory
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of Purgatory.
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Louis Pasteur
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Louis Pasteur, known as a founder of microbiology.
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Emily Dickinson
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), celebrated American poet.
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The Battle of Lincoln 1217
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fight for the English crown at the Battle of Lincoln.
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Egyptian funerary text, The Book of the Dead.
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Roger Bacon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval scholar Roger Bacon.
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Rosa Luxemburg
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and times of Rosa Luxemburg, revolutionary.
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Pauli's Exclusion Principle
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Wolfgang Pauli and the Pauli Exclusion Principle.
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Hokusai
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.
