Monet in England

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Claude Monet's fascination with the foggy Thames.

• 50 mins

Bacteriophages

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how viruses can help us track and cure bacterial illnesses

• 50 mins

Walter Benjamin (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential thinkers of the last century

• 50 mins

Rawls' Theory of Justice (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Rawls' influential ideas on liberty and equality

• 50 mins

The Fish-Tetrapod Transition (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great stages in the evolution of life on Earth

• 50 mins

Elizabeth Anscombe (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential 20th-century moral philosopher

• 55 mins

Charisma (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Max Weber's idea of charismatic authority in leadership

• 53 mins

Thomas Hardy's Poetry (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hardy's goal of being a great poet and how he succeeded

• 50 mins

Mitochondria (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the power-packs within cells in all complex life on Earth.

• 51 mins

Benjamin Disraeli

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most prominent Victorian politicians.

• 51 mins

Wormholes

Melvyn Bragg and guests test the idea that there are shortcuts between distant galaxies.

• 60 mins

The Haymarket Affair

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1886 bombing in Chicago amid violent labour conflict.

• 50 mins