Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Napoleon Bonaparte's surprise coup in 1815 before Waterloo
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the emperor who aimed to return Christian Rome to paganism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a major Algerian uprising against French rule in 1871.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Roman Emperor's army's notorious attack on Romans
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval trading network the Hanseatic League.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and impact of ancient Egypt's best-known queen.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the man born in Republican Rome who became second Emperor.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss writer and Renaissance queen Marguerite de Navarre.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Veblen on conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of North African privateers on law and language
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hamilton, Madison and Jay's urgings for a US Constitution.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Keynes' influential attack on the Treaty of Versailles
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and reign of the French king who built Versailles
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1637-8 Christian uprising in Japan.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1346 conflict between the armies of France and England
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dane who became a powerful King of England in 1016.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the statesman who transformed Athens in the 6th century BC
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea which dominated European economies for 300 years.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what we know about ancient stones placed in the landscape.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 19th-century campaign for greater democracy.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 16th-century astronomer, renowned for his accuracy.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1858 crisis from the flow of sewage into the Thames.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes and early consequences of the 1798 rebellion.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the speeches that set the standard for political attacks.
