Melvyn Bragg hosts as theologian Giles Fraser, writer Lisa Appignanesi, classicist Edith Hall and psychotherapist Mark Vernon discuss the history of ideas around Love. Show more

Melvyn Bragg hosts as Bishop Berkley, Karl Popper, David Hume and Ludwig Wittgenstein debate how we can know anything at all. Show more

Melvyn Bragg joins philosopher Angie Hobbs, lawyer Harry Potter, neuropsychologist Paul Broks and theologian Giles Fraser to exchange ideas on freedom. Show more

Mathematician Vicky Neale, historian of science Simon Schaffer and philosophers Barry Smith and Angie Hobbs discuss different ideas about beauty. Show more

Melvyn Bragg asks 'What does it mean to be me?'. He is joined by a writer, a neuropsychologist, a philosopher and an ontologist to help him explore an answer. Show more

Economist Kate Barker, historian Justin Champion and philosophers Timothy Secret and Angie Hobbs discuss the history of ideas around how to live together. Melvyn Bragg presents. Show more

Melvyn Bragg joins neuropsychologist Paul Broks, barrister Harry Potter, theologian Giles Fraser and philosopher Angie Hobbs to discuss different ideas about morality. Show more

Cosmologist Carole Mundell, historian Justin Champion, theologian Giles Fraser and creation myth expert Jessica Frazier discuss the origins of life, the universe and everything. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests philosopher Barry Smith, classicist Catherine Edwards, historian Simon Schaffer and theologian Giles Fraser explore what makes us human. Show more

Omnibus edition of Melvyn Bragg's History of ideas series. Five programmes examining how technology has changed us, from flint axe to satnav. Show more

Melvyn Bragg asks how to live a good life. A historian, a neuropsychologist, a theologian and a philosopher supply the answers. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests barrister Harry Potter, criminologist David Wilson, philosopher Angie Hobbs and historian Alice Taylor discuss justice. Show more