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Released On: 04 May 2000

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Melvyn Bragg examines the development of Western rituals and attitudes to death.

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The Renaissance
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Biography
Melvyn Bragg examines why the public is fascinated with the private lives of individuals.
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Imagination and Consciousness
Melvyn Bragg investigates how neuroscience can explain the enigmas of consciousness.
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London
The history of London from its Neolithic origin to the digitalised capital city of today.
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Hitler in History
Melvyn Bragg examines Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany though historiographical theories.
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The Romantics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideals, exponents and legacy of Romanticism.
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Laws of Nature
Melvyn Bragg considers whether what is true in physics is true in all areas of existence.
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The Tudor State
Melvyn Bragg looks at the re-shaping of England as a modern state by the Tudor dynasty.
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Evolutionary Psychology
Melvyn Bragg explores the basis and context for the ideas of Evolutionary Psychology.
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Psychoanalysis and Literature
Melvyn Bragg assesses the role of Freudian analysis in understanding literature.
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Nihilism
The history of the philosophy that claims that truths are illusory.
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Gothic
Melvyn Bragg examines the origins and significance of the 18th century Gothic movement.
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Mathematics and Platonism
Melvyn Bragg examines whether mathematics is a process of invention or of discovery.
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The Enlightenment in Britain
Melvyn Bragg examines the role of British thinkers in the 18th century Enlightenment.
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Science and Religion
Melvyn Bragg explores the areas of conflict and agreement between science and religion.
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Imperial Science
Melvyn Bragg examines whether agriculture or trade drove 19th century British imperialism.
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Humanism
The history and legacy of classical Humanism, invented by Cicero.
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The Restoration
Melvyn Bragg looks at the reign of Charles II and the consequences of the Restoration.
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Quantum Gravity
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 20th century attempts to understand the Quantum world.
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Money
Melvyn Bragg examines whether economic factors really are behind all historical events.
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Fossils
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The Philosophy of Love
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