In Our Time Episodes Episode guide
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Space in Religion and Science
Melvyn Bragg looks at how cyberspace has introduced a new concept of space in our world.
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Language and the Mind
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss whether the formation of language is innate or cultural.
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Psychoanalysis and its Legacy
Melvyn Bragg examines the relevance of psychoanalysis at the end of the 20th century.
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Ageing
Melvyn Bragg looks at the ethical, economic and biological implications of living longer.
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Modern Culture
Melvyn Bragg examines the definition and state of modern culture in the 20th century.
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Genetic Engineering
Melvyn Bragg examines the implications of the developments in genetic engineering.
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Feminism
Melvyn Bragg examines the development of the empowerment of women in the 20th century.
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The British Empire's Legacy
Melvyn Bragg examines the impact of Britain’s colonial past on its current identity.
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Neuroscience in the 20th century
Melvyn Bragg examines the little we know and what we don’t yet know about the brain.
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The American Century
Melvyn Bragg examines how legitimate it is to call the 20th century the American century.
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Cultural Rights in the 20th Century
Melvyn Bragg examines what impact globalisation has had on human rights.
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History's relevance in the 20th century
Melvyn Bragg considers the relevance of the study of history in the 20th century.
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Work in the 20th Century
Melvyn Bragg examines the changing ideas about the function of work in the 20th century.
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The Brain and Consciousness
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss our knowledge of memory and the functioning of the brain.
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The City in the 20th Century
Melvyn Bragg looks at the innovative developments of the city in the 20th century.
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Science in the 20th century
Melvyn Bragg examines how perceptions of science have changed in the 20th century.
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Science's Revelations
Melvyn Bragg examines whether science has ruined our sense of poetic wonder at the world.
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Politics in the 20th Century
Melvyn Bragg discusses politics and morality with Gore Vidal and Alan Clarke.
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War in the 20th Century
Melvyn Bragg explores ideas that have influenced 20th century human rights and warfare.
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Zeno's Paradoxes
Does an arrow in flight move? Could Achilles overtake a tortoise? Not according to Zeno
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Wuthering Heights (repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Brontë's only novel, Wuthering Heights.
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Walter Benjamin (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential thinkers of the last century
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Venus (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the planet closest to Earth, sometimes called Earth's twin
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Utilitarianism (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Utilitarianism.
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Tocqueville: Democracy in America (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of American democracy
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Titus Oates and his "Popish Plot" (summer repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Titus Oates and his fictitious Popish Plot
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Thomas Hardy's Poetry (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hardy's goal of being a great poet and how he succeeded
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The Valladolid Debate (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dispute in 1550 over enslavement of native Americans
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The Treaty of Limerick (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the treaty ending the Williamite War in Ireland in 1691
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The Sistine Chapel (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Michelangelo's iconic frescoes in Renaissance Rome