Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Sarah Richardson

Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Warwick

1 episode

Covers topics in categories such as:

Protests in the United KingdomPolitical scandals in the United Kingdom19th-century military history of the United KingdomElectoral reform in the United KingdomHistory

  1. The Peterloo Massacre

    Melvyn Bragg discusses The Peterloo Massacre on 16 August 1819, when British cavalry charged a vast crowd of protestors in Manchester.

    15 December 2005

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    Also featuring: Jeremy Black, Clive Emsley

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    HistoryProtests in the United KingdomPolitical scandals in the United Kingdom19th-century military history of the United KingdomElectoral reform in the United Kingdom