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CultureEnglish male poetsBurials at Westminster AbbeyEnglish AnglicansEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsPeople of the Elizabethan era16th-century English poetsEnglish women poetsEnglish Renaissance dramatists16th-century English dramatists and playwrightsEnglish people of Welsh descentPeople excommunicated by the Catholic ChurchFounders of English schools and collegesHouse of TudorPrisoners in the Tower of London16th-century English male writers16th-century English women16th-century queens regnantDeaths by stabbing in England, English murder victims, People murdered in EnglandEnglish spiesLatin–English translators
Marlowe
Melvyn Bragg discusses Christopher Marlowe; a forger, a brawler, a spy, but above all a playwright, a poet and the most celebrated writer of his generation.
7 July 2005
Featuring: Katherine Duncan-Jones, Jonathan Bate, Emma Smith
16th-century English dramatists and playwrightsLatin–English translatorsDeaths by stabbing in England, English murder victims, People murdered in England16th-century English male writersEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsEnglish male poetsPeople of the Elizabethan era16th-century English poetsEnglish Renaissance dramatists16th-century English translatorsEnglish spiesThe Death of Elizabeth I
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the death of Queen Elizabeth I and its immediate impact, as a foreign monarch became King in the face of plots and plague.
15 October 2009
Featuring: John Guy, Clare Jackson, Helen Hackett
CultureFounders of English schools and collegesPeople excommunicated by the Catholic ChurchEnglish people of Welsh descentHouse of TudorPrisoners in the Tower of LondonBurials at Westminster AbbeyEnglish AnglicansPeople of the Elizabethan eraEnglish women poets16th-century queens regnant16th-century English women16th-century English translators