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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.

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In Our Time: The Written World

In Our Time: The Written World: Episode 2

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The Written World

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Written World, Episode 2

Melvyn considers the impact of the invention of the book.

Melvyn Bragg considers the impact of the invention of the book and examines some of the earliest surviving examples.

In the second instalment of his survey of the written word, Melvyn Bragg traces the evolution of writing technology from the time of classical antiquity to the invention of printing. He discovers the origins of the book, and encounters the earliest surviving intact example in the Western world.Producer: Thomas Morris.

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Melvyn Bragg looks at how the written word has shaped our intellectual history

Melvyn Bragg presents five programmes devoted to the written word, and how it has shaped our intellectual history

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