Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Burials at Westminster Abbey

Honouring individuals with burials and memorials in Westminster Abbey has a long tradition. == History == Henry III rebuilt Westminster Abbey in honour of the Royal Saint Edward the Confessor, whose relics were placed in a shrine in the sanctuary and now lie in a burial vault beneath the 1268 Cosmati mosaic pavement, in front of the high altar.

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  1. Aphra Behn

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Aphra Behn, known for her plays for the Restoration stage such as The Rover and for her novel Oroonoko.

    12 October 2017

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    Featuring: Janet Todd, Ros Ballaster, Claire Bowditch

     
  2. Chaucer

    Melvyn Bragg discusses Geoffrey Chaucer who immortalised the medieval pilgrimage and the diversity of 14th century English society, in his Canterbury Tales.

    9 February 2006

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    Featuring: Carolyne Larrington, Helen Cooper, Ardis Butterfield

     
  3. 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

     
  4. 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

     
  5. Johnson

    Melvyn Bragg discusses Samuel Johnson, a giant of 18th century literature, language and letters, and perhaps the most quotable Englishman to have ever lifted a pen.

    27 October 2005

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    Featuring: John Mullan, Jim McLaverty, Judith Hawley

     
  6. Mary, Queen of Scots

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, who might have united the French, English and Scottish thrones.

    19 January 2017

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    Featuring: David Forsyth, Anna Groundwater, John Guy

     
  7. Rudyard Kipling

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Rudyard Kipling, a writer sometimes described as the poet of empire.

    16 October 2014

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    Featuring: Howard Booth, Daniel Karlin, Jan Montefiore

     
  8. Rutherford

    Melvyn Bragg discusses Ernest Rutherford. He is seen as the father of nuclear science, a great charismatic figure who mapped the landscape of the sub-atomic world.

    19 February 2004

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    Featuring: Simon Schaffer, Jim Al-Khalili, Patricia Fara

     
  9. The 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

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    Featuring: John Guy, Clare Jackson, Helen Hackett

     
  10. Thomas Hardy's Poetry

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hardy's poems, which he prized far above the novels which made him famous and rich, and his ambition to be ranked alongside Shelley and Byron.

    13 January 2022

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    Featuring: Mark Ford, Jane Thomas, Tim Armstrong

     
  11. 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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