Melvyn Bragg's Radical Lives

Episode 1: Now Is the Time: John Ball

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sat 2^nd Aug 2014, 21:00 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Fri 29^th Aug 2014, 00:50 on BBC Two Scotland

Documentary about 14th-century preacher John Ball, whose words and beliefs galvanised the people of England into unprecedented revolutionary action. Show more

Melvyn Bragg's Radical Lives

Episode 2: Rights of Man: Thomas Paine

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sat 9^th Aug 2014, 21:15 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Fri 5^th Sep 2014, 00:50 on BBC Two HD

Melvyn Bragg tells the story of the English radical political writer, Thomas Paine, author of three of the bestselling political essays of all time. Show more