Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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7 episodes

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  1. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poem of the knight who interrupts King Arthur's Christmas celebrations, challenging someone to chop off his head if he can do the same in return

    13 December 2018

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    Featuring: Laura Ashe, Ad Putter, Simon Armitage

     
  2. The Bhagavad Gita

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the contents and influence of the Bhagavad Gita, one of the most revered texts of Hinduism.

    31 March 2011

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    Featuring: Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Julius J. Lipner, Jessica Frazier

     
  3. The Egyptian Book of the Dead

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Book of the Dead, an ancient Egyptian collection of spells intended to assist the journey of the deceased through the underworld.

    27 April 2017

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    Featuring: John Taylor, Kate Spence, Richard Parkinson

     
  4. The Mabinogion

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Welsh stories of Arthurian romance and Celtic mythology created in the oral tradition for centuries before being written down in the Middle Ages.

    10 May 2018

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    Featuring: Sioned Davies, Helen Fulton, Juliette Wood

     
  5. The Nibelungenlied

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the epic German poem of Siegfried and Kriemhild against Gunther and Brunhilda, two powerful couples whose friendship turns to rivalry and revenge.

    1 December 2022

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    Featuring: Sarah Bowden, Mark Chinca, Bettina Bildhauer

     
  6. The Song of Roland

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the epic reimagining of the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778AD when Charlemagne's rearguard was ambushed and his knight Roland fought and died.

    4 November 2021

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    Featuring: Laura Ashe, Miranda Griffin, Luke Sunderland

     
  7. The Upanishads

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Upanishads, the sacred texts of Hinduism. Dating from about 700 BC, their mystical and philosophical nature still resonates today.

    8 November 2012

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    Featuring: Jessica Frazier, Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Simon Brodbeck