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In Our Time Episodes

  1.

    Mill

    The life and ideas of the 19th century political philosopher John Stuart Mill.

  2. Fairies

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 5000 year cultural history of fairies.

  3. Astronomy and Empire

    Melvyn Bragg examines the relationship between astronomy and British Imperial expansion.

  4. The Great Exhibition of 1851

    Melvyn Bragg examines the exhibition that showcased Victorian Britain's industrial might.

  5. Immunisation

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the search for immunisation and its impact on society.

  6. The Oxford Movement

    Melvyn Bragg examines the 19th century Catholic movement within the Church of England.

  7. Jorge Luis Borges

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Jorge Luis Borges.

  8. Goethe

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great German polymath, Johann Wolfgang Goethe.

  9. The Carolingian Renaissance

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Emperor Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance.

  10. The Royal Society

    The history of the formation of the Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy.

  11. Don Quixote

    Melvyn Bragg considers the importance of the 17th century Spanish novel Don Quixote.

  12. Negative Numbers

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss negative numbers, a history of mystery and suspicion.

  13. Friendship

    Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of friendship; 鈥榓 single soul dwelling in two bodies鈥�.

  14. Catherine the Great

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Empress who transformed and modernized Russia.

  15. Human Evolution

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the six million year old story of human evolution.

  16. Chaucer

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English literature.

  17. The Abbasid Caliphs

    Melvyn Bragg examines the Abbasid Caliphs, rulers of the Islamic world for 200 years.

  18. Seventeenth Century Print Culture

    Melvyn Bragg examines the controversy and scandal of 17th century print culture.

  19. Relativism

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss relativism; a philosophy with no absolute truths.

  20. Prime Numbers

    Melvyn Bragg examines prime numbers and their mysterious role in the universe of numbers.

  21. The Oath

    Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the importance of the oath in the Classical World.

  22. The Oresteia

    Melvyn Bragg examines the 鈥極resteia鈥�, the seminal trilogy of tragedies by Aeschylus.

  23. Heaven

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas of heaven and the afterlife.

  24. The Peterloo Massacre

    Melvyn Bragg examines the 1819 Peterloo Massacre and the brutality of the British state.

  25. Artificial Intelligence

    Melvyn Bragg investigates artificial intelligence; can a computer imitate the human mind?

  26. Hobbes

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.

  27. The Graviton

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the search for the Graviton particle in physics.

  28. Pragmatism

    Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the American philosophy of pragmatism.

  29. Greyfriars and Blackfriars

    Melvyn Bragg looks at the religious orders of the Dominicans and the Franciscans.

  30. Asteroids

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the unique properties of asteroids.

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