History Podcast
Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
Episodes to download
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Thu 27 Apr 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Egyptian funerary text, The Book of the Dead.
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Rosa Luxemburg
Thu 13 Apr 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and times of Rosa Luxemburg, revolutionary.
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The Battle of Salamis
Thu 23 Mar 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the significance of The Battle of Salamis, 480BC.
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Seneca the Younger
Thu 23 Feb 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the works, life and times of Seneca the Younger.
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Mary, Queen of Scots
Thu 19 Jan 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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The Gin Craze
Thu 15 Dec 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the cause and impact of the gin craze in the 18th century.
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Harriet Martineau
Thu 8 Dec 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of Harriet Martineau, writer.
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Garibaldi and the Risorgimento
Thu 1 Dec 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Garibaldi and the Risorgimento, for our Listener Week.
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Baltic Crusades
Thu 24 Nov 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss crusades against Baltic pagans from 12th Century onwards.
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Justinian's Legal Code
Thu 17 Nov 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great impact of legal changes under emperor Justinian.
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The Fighting Temeraire
Thu 10 Nov 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss JMW Turner's The Fighting Temeraire.
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Epic of Gilgamesh
Thu 3 Nov 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gilgamesh, the great epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia.
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The 12th Century Renaissance
Thu 20 Oct 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a period of great change in western Europe.
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Margery Kempe and English Mysticism
Thu 2 Jun 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Margery Kempe, the medieval English mystic.
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The Gettysburg Address
Thu 26 May 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863.
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Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot'
Thu 12 May 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Titus Oates and his fictitious Popish Plot.
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1816, the Year Without a Summer
Thu 21 Apr 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 1816, known as the year without a summer.
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The Sikh Empire
Thu 7 Apr 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Empire.
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Agrippina the Younger
Thu 31 Mar 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman empress Agrippina the Younger.
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Bedlam
Thu 17 Mar 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the early history of Bethlehem Hospital, known as Bedlam.
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The Maya Civilization
Thu 10 Mar 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Maya civilization in central America.
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The Dutch East India Company
Thu 3 Mar 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch East India Company.
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
Thu 28 Jan 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Eleanor of Aquitaine, the most powerful woman of her time.
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Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Thu 21 Jan 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, published in 1776.
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