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Wormholes
Melvyn Bragg and guests test the idea that there are shortcuts between distant galaxies.

Benjamin Disraeli
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most prominent Victorian politicians.

Bacteriophages
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how viruses can help us track and cure bacterial illnesses

Monet in England
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Claude Monet's fascination with the foggy Thames.

Karma
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the doctrine on how you answer for your own actions.

Fielding's Tom Jones
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great English comic novels.

The Orkneyinga Saga
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Saga of the Earls of Orkney up to the 13th century.

Marsilius of Padua
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great figures in the history of political ideas

Empress Dowager Cixi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman who dominated China's court for almost 50 years.

Philippa Foot
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century