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In Our Time

Moby Dick

Duration: 51 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Moby-Dick (1851) by Herman Melville, the story of Ahab and the white whale, the most popular of around 1,000 ideas that listeners submitted. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Bridget Bennett
Interviewed Guest:
Katie McGettigan
Interviewed Guest:
Graham Thompson

Free Thinking

Whose Book Is it Anyway?

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Anne McElvoy and her guests explore the rise of reading in Britain, from the monasteries to the political pamphlet war to the rise of 'middle-brow' and niche publishing. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Anne McElvoy
Interviewed Guest:
Dennis Duncan
Interviewed Guest:
Sophie Coulombeau
Interviewed Guest:
Katie McGettigan
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Rubery