History Podcast
Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
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The Medici
Boxing Day 2013
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family, rulers of Renaissance Florence.
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Pliny the Younger
Thu 12 Dec 2013
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman letter-writer Pliny the Younger.
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Pocahontas
Thu 21 Nov 2013
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of the Native American Pocahontas.
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The Berlin Conference
Thu 31 Oct 2013
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Berlin Conference and the Scramble for Africa.
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The Corn Laws
Thu 24 Oct 2013
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Corn Laws of the 19th century.
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The Mamluks
Thu 26 Sep 2013
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mamluks, medieval rulers of Egypt and Syria.
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The Physiocrats
Thu 20 Jun 2013
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Physiocrats, important French economic thinkers.
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Queen Zenobia
Thu 30 May 2013
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Queen Zenobia, who led a rebellion against Ancient Rome.
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Alfred Russel Wallace
Thu 21 Mar 2013
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the biologist Alfred Russel Wallace.
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The War of 1812
Thu 31 Jan 2013
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the War of 1812 between America and Great Britain.
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The South Sea Bubble
Thu 20 Dec 2012
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the South Sea Bubble of the early 18th century.
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The Borgias
Thu 22 Nov 2012
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Borgias, the most infamous family in Renaissance Italy
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Hannibal
Thu 11 Oct 2012
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the remarkable Carthaginian general Hannibal.
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Gerald of Wales
Thu 4 Oct 2012
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval scholar Gerald of Wales.
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Annie Besant
Thu 21 Jun 2012
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 19th-century writer and campaigner Annie Besant.
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The An Lushan Rebellion
Thu 16 Feb 2012
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the An Lushan Rebellion.
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1848: Year of Revolution
Thu 19 Jan 2012
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss 1848, the year that saw Europe engulfed in revolution.
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The Minoan Civilisation
Thu 7 Jul 2011
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Minoan Civilisation of Bronze Age Crete.
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The Battle of Stamford Bridge
Thu 2 Jun 2011
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
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Xenophon
Thu 26 May 2011
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian and soldier Xenophon.
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Custer's Last Stand
Thu 19 May 2011
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand.
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Octavia Hill
Thu 7 Apr 2011
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian social reformer Octavia Hill.
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