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History Podcast

Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.

Updated: occasionally
Episodes available: indefinitely

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    Xenophon

    Thu 26 May 2011

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian and soldier Xenophon.

  • Custer's Last Stand

    Thu 19 May 2011

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand.

  • Octavia Hill

    Thu 7 Apr 2011

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian social reformer Octavia Hill.

  • The Iron Age

    Thu 24 Mar 2011

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the dawn of the Iron Age.

  • The Medieval University

    Thu 17 Mar 2011

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the foundation of the medieval universities.

  • The Taiping Rebellion

    Thu 24 Feb 2011

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Taiping Rebellion.

  • The Battle of Bannockburn

    Thu 3 Feb 2011

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Bannockburn.

  • The Mexican Revolution

    Thu 20 Jan 2011

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mexican Revolution of 1910.

  • Consequences of the Industrial Revolution

    Thu 30 Dec 2010

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the influence of the Industrial Revolution.

  • The Industrial Revolution

    Thu 23 Dec 2010

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Industrial Revolution.

  • Cleopatra

    Thu 2 Dec 2010

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Cleopatra, the famed last pharaoh of Egypt.

  • The Volga Vikings

    Thu 11 Nov 2010

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Volga Vikings.

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