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In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.

Episodes

Total: 1044

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise in so-called spectacular architecture at the end of the 20t

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the role of animals in humankind's search for knowledge. Since the G

History as Science

1999/3/11

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the importance of geography and ecology in determining world history

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the enduring popular and academic appeal of Shakespeare. Did he inve

Melvyn Bragg examines the social and aesthetic impact of the Avant Garde and discusses whether it ha

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of thought about space, and examines whether cyberspace

Language and the Mind

1999/2/11

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of our ideas about the formation of language. The psycho

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relevance of psychoanalysis at the end of the 20th century. It’s

Ageing

1999/1/28

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ageing. In 1900, 1% of the world’s population were over 65. In the

Modern Culture

1999/1/28

Melvyn Bragg and guests debate the state of Modern Culture in the 20th century. Culture used to be a

Genetic Engineering

1999/1/14

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the implications of the developments in genetic engineering. Out of

Feminism

1999/1/7

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most important events of the 20th century - the rise of F

The British Empire's Legacy

1998/12/31

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Britain's colonial legacy. The 18th, 19th and early part of the 20th

Melvyn Bragg and guests marvel at our brains and discuss how at the end of a century of research we

The American Century

1998/12/17

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how legitimate it is to call the 20th century the American century.

On the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Human Rights at the United Nations

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the study of history this century. One of the debates raging in the

Work in the 20th Century

1998/11/26

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the changing nature of work practices and the work ethic as it perta

The Brain and Consciousness

1998/11/19

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how our increased knowledge of the functioning of the brain and the

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the artistic, cultural and innovative developments of the city in th