In Our Time Episodes Available now
Pope Joan
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the legend of Pope Joan.
Socrates in Prison
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the inspiring last days of the great Athenian philosopher.
The Battle of Valmy
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the day in 1792 when the French Revolution risked defeat.
Slime Moulds
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the remarkable world of slime mould.
Vase-mania
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the eighteenth century mania for classical vases.
Plutarch's Parallel Lives
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential Greek biographer and his main work
The Habitability of Planets
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas about where life may begin in the universe and how.
Nizami Ganjavi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 12th-century Persian epic romantic poet.
The Hanoverian Succession
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the politics that led to the coronation of George I.
Italo Calvino
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential 20th-century Italian novelist and essayist
