The Forum

The programme that explains the present by exploring the past.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004kln9

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 39m. Bisher sind 381 Folge(n) erschienen. Jede Woche gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 10 days 15 hours 18 minutes

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The woman whose cells changed medical history


The story of Henrietta Lacks who unwittingly left behind an extraordinary medical legacy


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 November 12, 2020  39m
 
 

Comenius, a pioneer of lifelong learning


The life and work of the father of modern education


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 November 5, 2020  39m
 
 

Dido of Carthage: A love story gone wrong


What makes the legend of Dido so appealing to the arts and beyond?


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 October 29, 2020  39m
 
 

Paul Robeson: Singer, actor and civil rights activist


Exploring the life of a man who campaigned for disenfranchised people around the world


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 October 22, 2020  39m
 
 

Telling the time: From sundials to satnav


A brief history of how we tell the time


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 October 15, 2020  39m
 
 

Writer Jorge Luis Borges: Mixing the magical with the mundane


Teasing and thought provoking: the works of the Argentinian master of pithy stories


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 October 8, 2020  39m
 
 

Elizabeth Fry: 'The angel of prisons'


How a nineteenth century Quaker philanthropist shook up the prison system


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 October 1, 2020  39m
 
 

The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre


Investigating how a thriving African American community was razed to the ground


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 September 24, 2020  39m
 
 

Queen Tamar: The myth of a perfect ruler


Georgia’s most iconic female sovereign


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 September 17, 2020  39m
 
 

Who were the Huguenots?


The myths and mysteries surrounding French protestant refugees


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 September 10, 2020  40m