Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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  1. Annie Besant

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of 19th-century writer and campaigner Annie Besant.

    21 June 2012

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    Featuring: Lawrence Goldman, David Stack, Yasmin Khan

     
  2. Tagore

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature.

    7 May 2015

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    Featuring: Chandrika Kaul, Bashabi Fraser, John Stevens

     
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