Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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  1. Cicero

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Cicero's political ideas on laws, duty, tyrants and the republic, which he developed as the Roman Republic was threatened by Caesar and civil wars.

    25 January 2018

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    Featuring: Melissa Lane, Catherine Steel, Valentina Arena

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  2. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Bonhoeffer's ideas about Christian ethics, the role of the Church in a secular world, and his attempts to overthrow Hitler.

    27 September 2018

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    Featuring: Stephen Plant, Eleanor McLaughlin, Tom Greggs

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  3. Olympe de Gouges

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, ideas and works of the Frenchwoman who wrote The Declaration of the Rights of Woman in 1791 during the French Revolution

    21 April 2022

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    Featuring: Catriona Seth, Katherine Astbury, Sanja Perovic

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  4. Seneca the Younger

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Seneca: philosopher, playwright, tutor to Nero, one of the first great writers born in the new Roman empire after the fall of the Republic.

    23 February 2017

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    Featuring: Mary Beard, Catharine Edwards, Alessandro Schiesaro

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  5. Socrates

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the iconic Greek philosopher Socrates. He is the founder of Western philosophy, he was funny, irritating and rude but left not a single word in his own hand.

    27 September 2007

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    Featuring: Angie Hobbs, David Sedley, Paul Millett

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