The Forum Episodes Episode guide
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J. William Fulbright: Scholarships and Soft Power
The man behind the renowned scholarship programme
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The tales of Timbuktu
How a remote desert town in Mali became world famous
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The piano: Hitting the right keys
Bridget Kendall and guests lift the lid on 300 years of the piano
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Simone de Beauvoir: Feminist thinker for modern times
How a philosophical thinker radically changed the way we see women
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Catherine the Great of Russia
A woman and a foreigner who usurped her way to the throne in 18th century Russia
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Material World: Making the Modern Factory
The global factory story
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Machu Picchu: The secrets of a forgotten city
The enigma of the Inca mountain retreat
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Plastic: How it Changed the World
Experts from the world of science discuss the story of plastic with presenter Rajan Datar
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Sugar: A Sweet Menace
How sugar travelled across the world and seduced all on its path
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What is Zoroastrianism?
The history of a venerable religion
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Votes for Women: the Global Story
The extraordinary stories of the women around the world who won the right to vote
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From Straw Poll to Opinion Poll
With us since the 1930s, polls help forecast elections and conduct market research
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Lawrence of Arabia
The life of T.E Lawrence renowned for his involvement with the Arab Revolt during WW1
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Yves Saint Laurent: Fashion revolutionary
Bridget Kendall and guests on the glamorous world of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.
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Herman Melville: Moby Dick
The 19th Century epic novel on a vengeful sailor鈥檚 battle with the great 鈥榳hite whale鈥�
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The original Goths
The ancient tribe which shaped Europe's history
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Dante鈥檚 Inferno: The poetry of Hell
The imagined poetic voyage through Hell that explores the meaning of human existence
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Magellan: First Man Round the Globe?
The story of the man whose voyage accidently circumnavigated the globe
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The Little Prince: Lessons from an aviator鈥檚 life
Who was Antoine de Saint-Exupery, and how did he come to write The Little Prince?
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Chinua Achebe: Rewriting the African story
The life and work of the ground-breaking Nigerian author
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Boudica: Warrior queen
The Iron Age English warrior queen who led a rebellion against the Romans
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The alphabet of chemistry
The history of the Periodic Table of the elements
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Kubla Khan: A vision in a dream
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic is one of the most famous poems in the English language
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The story of Evita
Eva Peron rose from poverty to become one of the most powerful figures in Latin America
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Flamenco: Darkness and light
Rajan Datar and guests explore the origins and evolution of flamenco
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Sankara: Africa鈥檚 Revolutionary President
Thomas Sankara: why his assassination and time in power still haunts Africa to this day
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Cotton: a Yarn with a Twist
The chequered history of the original global fabric
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Life Support: The Story of the Red Cross
The Story of The International Committee of the Red Cross
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Stanislavsky: Founder of modern acting
Konstantin Stanislavsky: the greatest single influence on acting today
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Nikola Tesla鈥檚 electric dreams
A showman and a dreamer or an engineering genius well ahead of his time?
