Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Franziska Kohlt

Leverhulme Research Fellow in the History of Science at the University of Leeds and the Inaugural Carrollian Fellow of the University of Southern California

2 episodes

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CultureScienceBritish novels adapted into filmsBritish novels adapted into playsVictorian novelsNovels adapted into video gamesNovels set in one day18th century in technologyNovels set in fictional countriesBooks illustrated by John TennielBooks illustrated by Arthur Rackham

  1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lewis Carroll's work published in 1865 and inspired by telling stories to Alice Liddell and her sisters on picnics and boating trips in Oxford

    15 February 2024

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    Also featuring: Kiera Vaclavik, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

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    CultureBritish novels adapted into filmsBritish novels adapted into playsVictorian novelsNovels adapted into video gamesNovels set in one dayNovels set in fictional countriesBooks illustrated by John TennielBooks illustrated by Arthur Rackham

  2. Automata

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas about machines imitating living creatures, and the questions they raise about the differences between machinery and humanity.

    20 September 2018

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    Also featuring: Simon Schaffer, Elly Truitt

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    Science18th century in technology