In Our Time Archive: History

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Pharaoh Akhenaten. Guests include Kate Spence, Richard Parkinson and Elizabeth Frood.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Augustan Age in Rome. Guests include Catharine Edwards, Mary Beard and Duncan Kennedy.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the trial of Charles I. Guests include Justin Champion, Diane Purkiss and David Wootton.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1683 siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Army. With Jeremy Black, Andrew Wheatcroft and Claire Norton.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Magna Carta. With Nicholas Vincent, David Carpenter and Michael Clanchy.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the building of St Petersburg. Guests include Simon Dixon, Janet Hartley and Anthony Cross.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss suffragism, the movement for women's voting rights. With Krista Cowman, June Purvis and Julia Bush.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Boxer Rebellion in the summer of 1900. With Frances Wood, Rana Mitter and Gary Tiedemann.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Library of Alexandria. Guests include Simon Goldhill, Matthew Nicholls and Serafina Cuomo.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Destruction of Carthage. Guests include Mary Beard, Jo Quinn and Ellen O’Gorman.

Melvyn Bragg examines how the writing of history has changed over the years. Guests include Miri Rubin, John Burrow and Paul Cartledge.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Great Reform Act of 1832. With Dinah Birch, Michael Bentley and Catherine Hall.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Great Fire of London and the rebuilding of the city. With Lisa Jardine, Jonathan Sawday and Vanessa Harding.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Simon Bolivar, the liberator of South America. Guests include Anthony McFarlane, Catherine Davies and John Fisher.

Melvyn Bragg examines the life and chronicles of the the Roman historian Tacitus. With guests Catharine Edwards, Maria Wyke and Ellen O’Gorman.