Marina Warner
Professor in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex
3 episodes
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The Brothers Grimm
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm and what they can tell us about the German imagination and 19th-century romantic nationalism.
5 February 2009
Also featuring: Juliette Wood, Tony Phelan
The Arabian Nights
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Arabian Nights - an ever shifting sea of stories across Asia and Europe.
18 October 2007
Also featuring: Robert Graham Irwin, Gerard van Gelder
Maths and Storytelling
Melvyn Bragg discusses the similar origins of mathematics and storytelling which both require a shape and structure to make any sense. But is it possible to apply mathematical logic to literature?
30 September 1999
Also featuring: John Allen Paulos