In Our Time: History
Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
Paul von Hindenburg
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and role of one of the most significant figures in early 20th...
EscucharThe Korean Empire
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Korea's brief but significant period as an empire as it moved from the...
EscucharThe Battle of Clontarf
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the best known events and figures in Irish history. In 1014...
EscucharThe Gracchi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the brothers Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus whose names are entwined with...
EscucharCyrus the Great
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history and reputation of the Persian ruler Cyrus the Great. Cyrus...
EscucharCatherine of Aragon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536), the youngest child of the newly dominant...
EscucharThe Battle of Valmy
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most consequential battles of recent centuries. On 20th September...
EscucharPlutarch's Parallel Lives
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek biographer Plutarch (c46 AD-c120 AD) and especially his work...
EscucharThe Hanoverian Succession
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the intense political activity at the turn of the 18th Century, when...
EscucharThe Antikythera Mechanism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 2000-year-old device which transformed our understanding of astronomy...
EscucharThe Venetian Empire
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the remarkable rise of Venice in the eastern Mediterranean. Unlike other...
EscucharThe Haymarket Affair
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the notorious attack of 4th of May 1886 at a workers rally in Chicago...
EscucharBenjamin Disraeli
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the major figures in Victorian British politics. Disraeli (1804...
EscucharIntroducing History's Secret Heroes - Series 2
Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for tales...
EscucharThe Orkneyinga Saga
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Saga of the Earls of Orkney, as told in the 13th Century by an unknown...
EscucharMarsilius of Padua
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the canonical figures from the history of political thought....
EscucharEmpress Dowager Cixi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman who, for almost fifty years, was the most powerful figure...
EscucharNapoleon's Hundred Days
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Napoleon Bonaparte's temporary return to power in France in 1815, following...
EscucharJulian the Apostate
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the last pagan ruler of the Roman Empire. Fifty years after Constantine...
EscucharThe Mokrani Revolt
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revolt that broke out in 1871 in Algeria against French rule, spreading...
EscucharThe Sack of Rome 1527
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the infamous assault of an army of the Holy Roman Emperor on the city...
EscucharThe Hanseatic League
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Hanseatic League or Hansa which dominated North European trade in...
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