Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Jim McLaverty

Professor of English at Keele University

2 episodes

Appears in multiple episodes with: John Mullan

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  1. Pope

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the satirist Alexander Pope. One of the greatest poets of the English language, his brilliant satires have made him popular in our age but not in his own.

    9 November 2006

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    Also featuring: John Mullan, Valerie Rumbold

     
  2. Johnson

    Melvyn Bragg discusses Samuel Johnson, a giant of 18th century literature, language and letters, and perhaps the most quotable Englishman to have ever lifted a pen.

    27 October 2005

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    Also featuring: John Mullan, Judith Hawley