Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Oliver Taplin

Classics Scholar and Translator at Oxford University

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3 episodes

Appears in multiple episodes with: Edith Hall

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  1. The Odyssey

    Melvyn Bragg discusses Homer’s Odyssey, the epic story of the Greek hero Odysseus’ journey back from Troy, and its foundational position in the history of western literature and ideas.

    9 September 2004

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    Also featuring: Simon Goldhill, Edith Hall

     
  2. The Epic

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of the epic form, from it's creation by Homer to its more modern incarnations in the hands of James Joyce, J R R Tolkien and Philip Pullman.

    6 February 2003

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    Also featuring: John Carey, Karen Edwards