Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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19th-century Anglicans

Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide as of 2001.

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  1. Benjamin Disraeli

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most famous politicians of the Victorian age, who broadened his fame and spread his ideas through popular novels.

    19 September 2024

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    Featuring: Lawrence Goldman, Emily Jones, Daisy Hay

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    HistoryFellows of the Royal SocietyEnglish AnglicansVictorian eraVictorian novelists19th-century English novelists19th-century AnglicansEnglish male novelistsUK MPs 1865–1868Members of the Privy Council of the United KingdomKnights of the GarterRectors of the University of GlasgowEnglish biographers19th-century English dramatists and playwrightsLords Privy Seal19th-century English poets19th-century English politiciansWriters from the London Borough of CamdenEnglish non-fiction writersPeople of the Victorian era

  2. Darwin: On the Origins of Charles Darwin

    Melvyn Bragg presents a series about the life and work of Charles Darwin. Darwin's early life and time at Cambridge, where his interests shifted from religion to natural science.

    5 January 2009

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    Featuring: Jim Moore, Steve Jones, David Norman, Colin Higgins

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    ScienceEnglish travel writersTheoretical biologistsFellows of the Royal SocietyMembers of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and SciencesEnglish AnglicansUtilitariansEnglish abolitionists19th-century British biologists, 19th-century English naturalists, British evolutionary biologists, Fellows of the Linnean Society of London, Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society, Fellows of the Zoological Society of LondonBurials at Westminster AbbeyEnglish sceptics19th-century AnglicansRecipients of the Copley MedalAlumni of Christ's College, CambridgeEnglish agnosticsCharles DarwinAlumni of the University of Edinburgh19th-century English writersCircumnavigators of the globeRecipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)Members of the American Philosophical SocietyDeaths from coronary thrombosisMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesMembers of the Lincean AcademyIndependent scientistsHuman evolutionRoyal Medal winners

  3. Wilberforce

    In an unusual edition of In Our Time, marking the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade, Melvyn Bragg leaves the studio to examine the life of William Wilberforce.

    22 February 2007

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