4 Extra Debut. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George Orwell's Animal Farm, which he struggled to publish in WW2 as the USSR was an ally. From 2016. Show more
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Last Word
Gabriel García Márquez, Edna Doré, Richard Hoggart, Gerardo D'Ambrosio, John Shirley-Quirk
28 minutes
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Remembering author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, actress Edna Dore, writer and cultural historian Richard Hoggart, Italian magistrate Gerardo D'Ambrosio and singer John Shirley-Quirk. Show more
Last Word
Sydney Schanberg, Beatrice de Cardi, Lord Evans of Temple Guiting, Alvin Toffler, Jimmy Gilbert
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on journalist Sydney Schanberg, archaeologist Beatrice de Cardi, publisher Lord Evans of Temple Guiting, futurist Alvin Toffler, comedy producer Jimmy Gilbert. Show more
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Front Row
Vinyl, A Bigger Splash, Margaret Forster, Louis Andriessen, Theatre at the V&A
30 minutes
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With John Wilson, including reviews of new HBO series Vinyl and film A Bigger Splash, Melvyn Bragg remembers Margaret Forster, and composer Louis Andriessen on his life in music. Show more
Front Row
Melvyn Bragg, TV arts programmes, '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding, the Fire and Fury
30 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg on the history of The Southbank Show, the arts on TV; Otis Redding's (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay turns 50, and the Fire and Fury sells out. Show more
Front Row
Geoffrey Rush; artist Ellen Gallagher; Cultural Exchange - Melvyn Bragg
30 minutes
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Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush on his new film The Eye of the Storm; Melvyn Bragg discusses a Rembrandt self-portrait for the Cultural Exchange; artist Ellen Gallagher. Show more
In Our Time
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
In Our Time
Agrippina the Younger
46 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman empress Agrippina the Younger, one of the most notorious and influential of the Roman empresses in the 1st century AD. Show more
Documentary about Christopher Nupen, a pioneering film director who championed classical music on television, seizing upon his unique access to a golden generation of musicians. Show more
In Our Time
Maths in the Early Islamic World
49 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how mathematicians in the Islamic world, from C8th-C15th, developed new ideas and synthesised ideas from Greek and Indian maths. Show more
In Our Time
The American Populists
50 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the C19th MidWest and Southern farmers' struggle for a better deal, claiming they suffered while industry and railroads thrived at their expense. Show more
In Our Time
Eugene Onegin
49 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), often described as his masterpiece, which tells the tragic story of Onegin, Lensky and Tatyana. Show more
In Our Time
Plato's Republic
49 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's most famous dialogue which asks 'what is justice', and 'how does justice relate to happiness?'. Show more
In Our Time
Bird Migration
51 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why some birds migrate and similar ones do not, whether the benefits outweigh the risks and how they navigate across oceans. Show more
In Our Time
Kant's Categorical Imperative
49 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Kant's best known ideas: 'Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law'. Show more
In Our Time
Wuthering Heights
50 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Bronte's story of Heathcliff and Cathy, of love, hatred, revenge and self-destruction across two generations in a remote moorland home. Show more
In Our Time
Constantine the Great
48 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Constantine the Great, the Roman emperor who made Constantinople his capital rather than Rome and who legalised Christianity across the Empire. Show more
In Our Time
Aphra Behn
50 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Aphra Behn, known for her plays for the Restoration stage such as The Rover and for her novel Oroonoko. Show more
In Our Time
The Congress of Vienna
49 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the peace plan for Europe after the Napoleonic Wars, with the redrawing of borders and balancing of the great powers so that none would be dominant. Show more