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Pliny the Younger
42 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman lawyer and statesman Pliny the Younger, whose letters offer a fascinating insight into his life and the ancient world. Show more
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Thucydides
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Greek historian Thucydides and his work entitled The History of the Peloponnesian War. Show more
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Ashoka the Great
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the emperor Ashoka the Great, one of the most celebrated rulers in Indian history. Show more
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The Photon
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the photon, the fundamental particle associated with light. Show more
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The Wealth of Nations
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Adam Smith's celebrated economic treatise The Wealth of Nations. Show more
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The Eunuch
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and significance of eunuchs, castrated men who played important roles in many civilisations. Show more
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Beowulf
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the epic poem Beowulf, one of the masterpieces of Anglo-Saxon literature. Show more
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Sources of Early Chinese History
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss early Chinese history and the documents in which it was recorded. Show more
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Catastrophism
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Catastrophism, the idea that the geological record was shaped by a series of natural disasters early in the Earth's history. Show more
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The Phoenicians
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Phoenicians, the celebrated maritime traders of the ancient Mediterranean. Show more
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Chivalry
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss chivalry, which governed the behaviour of the knights of medieval Europe. Show more
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Social Darwinism
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Social Darwinism, a school of thought which attempted to apply Darwin's ideas about evolution to human society. Show more
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The Eye
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas about the eye and how it works. Show more
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The Trinity
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the doctrine of the Trinity, the idea of a threefold God, which lies at the heart of Christianity. Show more
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Bishop Berkeley
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosopher George Berkeley, one of the most significant thinkers of the 18th century. Show more
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Weber's The Protestant Ethic
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Max Weber's book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Show more
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States of Matter
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the science of matter and the states in which it can exist, from solids, liquids and gases to high-energy plasmas. Show more
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Strabo's Geographica
48 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Strabo's Geographica, the only surviving work from the ancient world that describes the entire world known to the Greeks and Romans. Show more
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The Domesday Book
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Domesday Book, a vast survey of England and Wales completed in 1086. Show more