Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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  1. Booth's Life and Labour Survey

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Charles Booth's ambitious project to discover how many people in late Victorian London were living in poverty, and understand why

    10 June 2021

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    Featuring: Emma Griffin, Sarah Wise, Lawrence Goldman

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    HistoryEnglish reformersEnglish philanthropistsBritish social reformersEnglish male non-fiction writers19th-century British philanthropistsMembers of the Privy Council of the United KingdomFellows of the Royal SocietyEnglish non-fiction writers19th century

  2. Dickens

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the achievements of Charles Dickens What is his political and literary legacy to our age?

    12 July 2001

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    Featuring: Rosemary Ashton, Michael Slater, John Bowen

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    Critics of the Catholic ChurchEnglish male novelists19th-century travel writers19th-century English dramatists and playwrightsLiteracy and society theoristsPeople from Somers Town, LondonBritish male essayistsEnglish reformers19th-century English historians19th-century English poetsEnglish Anglicans19th-century English novelistsEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsWriters about activism and social change19th-century pseudonymous writersEnglish male poetsVictorian novelists19th-century British short story writersWriters from the London Borough of CamdenEnglish male journalistsEnglish prisoners and detaineesTrope theoristsEnglish philanthropistsBritish social reformersEnglish male short story writersLecturersBritish critics of religionsAnglican writers19th-century British journalistsEnglish satirists19th-century English non-fiction writers19th-century English essayistsEnglish historical novelistsEnglish male non-fiction writersEnglish travel writers19th-century British philanthropistsWriters of Gothic fictionBurials at Westminster Abbey19th century

  3. Octavia Hill

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian reformer Octavia Hill, pioneer of social housing and campaigner for public open spaces.

    7 April 2011

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    Featuring: Dinah Birch, Lawrence Goldman, Gillian Darley

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  4. Pitt Rivers

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the Victorian anthropologist and archaeologist Augustus Pitt-Rivers.

    28 February 2013

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    Featuring: Adam Kuper, Richard Bradley, Dan Hicks

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