In Our Time Episodes Available now
Owain Glyndwr
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fight for Welsh independence in the early 15th century
Emmy Noether
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of one of the great 20th-century mathematicians.
Samuel Beckett
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the playwright and novelist, author of Waiting for Godot
Papal Infallibility
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that Popes cannot err in exercise of their office
Venus
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the planet closest to Earth, sometimes called Earth's twin
The Poor Laws
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Poor Law of 1834 and the rise of the workhouse
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the greatest poems from medieval England
The Thirty Years War
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the devastating war across the Holy Roman Empire 1618-1648
The Long March
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Red Army's retreat across China, from October 1934
Hope
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of hope - a weakness or a strength?
