Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Lawrence Goldman

Emeritus Fellow in History at St Peter's College, University of Oxford

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10 episodes

Appears in multiple episodes with: Emma Griffin

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  1. Benjamin Disraeli

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most famous politicians of the Victorian age, who broadened his fame and spread his ideas through popular novels.

    19 September 2024

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    Also featuring: Emily Jones, Daisy Hay

     
  2. The Morant Bay Rebellion

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why people in Jamaica protested in 1865, why the British governor killed so many in response and what then changed on both sides of the Atlantic.

    3 November 2022

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    Also featuring: Matthew J Smith, Diana Paton

     
  3. Booth's Life and Labour Survey

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Charles Booth's ambitious project to discover how many people in late Victorian London were living in poverty, and understand why

    10 June 2021

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    Also featuring: Emma Griffin, Sarah Wise

     
  4. The American Populists

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the C19th MidWest and Southern farmers' struggle for a better deal, claiming they suffered while industry and railroads thrived at their expense.

    15 June 2017

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    Also featuring: Mara Keire, Christopher Phelps

     
  5. 1816, the Year Without a Summer

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the link between the eruption of Mt Tambora in 1815, the largest and most lethal in recorded history, with famines in Europe and America in 1816.

    21 April 2016

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    Also featuring: Clive Oppenheimer, Jane Stabler

     
  6. The Corn Laws

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Corn Laws, cause of one of the most explosive political debates in the 19th century.

    24 October 2013

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    Also featuring: Boyd Hilton, Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey

     
  7. The War of 1812

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the War of 1812, the conflict between America and Great Britain which is sometimes referred to as the second American War of Independence.

    31 January 2013

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    Also featuring: Kathleen Burk, Frank Cogliano

     
  8. 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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    Also featuring: David Stack, Yasmin Khan

     
  9. Octavia Hill

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian reformer Octavia Hill, pioneer of social housing and campaigner for public open spaces.

    7 April 2011

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    Also featuring: Dinah Birch, Gillian Darley

     
  10. Consequences of the Industrial Revolution

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the far-reaching consequences of the Industrial Revolution, which brought widespread social and intellectual change to Britain.

    30 December 2010

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    Also featuring: Jane Humphries, Emma Griffin