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Human Origins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the evolution of the human species.

Englishness
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the characteristics of the English identity.

New Wars
Melvyn Bragg examines whether we are in a new era in the history of modern warfare.

The Natural Order
Melvyn Bragg examines the science of taxonomy; the classification of the natural world.

History and Understanding the Past
Melvyn Bragg examines whether we can ever predict the future by understanding the past.

Materialism and the Consumer
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the development and future of material culture.

Lenin
Melvyn Bragg investigates what drove the Soviet leader Lenin, and enabled his successes.

The Age of Doubt
Melvyn Bragg examines the spread of religious doubt over the last three centuries.

Metamorphosis
Melvyn Bragg explores the enduring appeal of the Roman poet Ovid鈥檚 work Metamorphoses.

Grand Unified Theory
The 20th century pursuit in physics for the ultimate theory of everything.