Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01dh5yg
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 days 23 hours 59 minutes
The Great Stink
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1858 crisis from the flow of sewage into the Thames.
The Irish Rebellion of 1798
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes and early consequences of the 1798 rebellion.
Demosthenes' Philippics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the speeches that set the standard for political attacks.
The Morant Bay Rebellion
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events in Jamaica in 1865 and their consequences.
The Knights Templar
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise and abrupt fall of the famous military order.
The Davidian Revolution
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the lasting impact of David I, King of Scotland c1084-1153
Olympe de Gouges
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of The Declaration of the Rights of Woman, 1791
Homo erectus
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the two-million-year span of our most adaptable ancestor.