Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death in 1558. She is best known for her vigorous attempt to reverse the English Reformation, which had begun during the reign of her father, Henry VIII. Her attempt to restore to the Church the property confiscated in the previous two reigns was largely thwarted by Parliament, but during her five-year reign, Mary had over 280 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the Marian persecutions.

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  1. Ada Lovelace

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 19th century mathematician and hard living daughter of Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace.

    6 March 2008

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    Featuring: Patricia Fara, Doron Swade, John Fuegi

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    ScienceDeaths from cancer in EnglandWomen of the Victorian era19th-century English mathematiciansEnglish women poetsComputer designersEnglish people of Scottish descent19th-century British inventorsGodwin family19th-century English writers19th-century English women writers

  2. Catherine of Aragon

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Spanish Infanta so prized by the Tudors that, after her first husband the Prince of Wales died, she went on to marry his brother Henry VIII.

    13 February 2025

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    Featuring: Lucy Wooding, Maria Hayward, Gonzalo Velasco Berenguer

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    HistoryEnglish Roman CatholicsDeaths from cancer in EnglandHouse of TudorAnnulment, Regents of EnglandMothers of English monarchs16th-century English womenDaughters of kingsDaughters of queens regnant

  3. Rosalind Franklin

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the achievements of the pioneering scientist Rosalind Franklin.

    22 February 2018

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    Featuring: Patricia Fara, Jim Naismith, Judith Howard

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    Science20th-century British biologistsAcademics of King's College LondonDeaths from cancer in EnglandJewish women scientistsJewish agnosticsJewish British scientists20th-century British chemists, British biophysicists, British crystallographersAlumni of Newnham College, CambridgeEnglish agnostics