Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Steve Jones

Senior Research Fellow in Genetics at University College London

22 episodes

Appears in multiple episodes with: Jim Moore, David Norman, Linda Partridge

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  1. Linnaeus

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pioneering 18th century Swedish botanist, who devised a method of naming species and a new system for classifying plants and animals.

    20 April 2023

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    Also featuring: Staffan Müller-Wille, Stella Sandford

     
  2. Hybrids

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how some genetically different parents - from different species - can have offspring and what that says about the origin and evolution of species

    31 October 2019

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    Also featuring: Sandra Knapp, Nicola Nadeau

     
  3. Parasitism

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Parasitism, the relationship between two species where one benefits at the expense of the other, sometimes killing the host or causing disease.

    26 January 2017

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    Also featuring: Wendy Gibson, Kayla King

     
  4. Penicillin

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin in 1928, the development of effective antibiotic drugs and the evolution of resistant bacteria.

    9 June 2016

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    Also featuring: Laura Piddock, Christoph Tang

     
  5. Circadian rhythms

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the evolution and role of circadian rhythms, the so-called body clock influencing a daily cycle of physical, behavioural and mental changes.

    17 December 2015

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    Also featuring: Russell Foster, Debra Skene

     
  6. Alfred Russel Wallace

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian pioneer of evolutionary theory Alfred Russel Wallace.

    21 March 2013

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    Also featuring: George Beccaloni, Ted Benton

     
  7. Darwin: On the Origin of Species

    Melvyn Bragg presents a series about the life and work of Charles Darwin. How Darwin was eventually persuaded to publish On the Origin of Species in November 1859.

    7 January 2009

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    Also featuring: Jim Moore, Jim Secord, Johannes Vogel

     
  8. Darwin: The Voyage of the Beagle

    Melvyn Bragg presents a series about the life and work of Charles Darwin. Darwin's expedition aboard the Beagle and how it influenced and provided evidence for his theories.

    6 January 2009

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    Also featuring: Jim Moore, David Norman, Jenny Clack

     
  9. Darwin: On the Origins of Charles Darwin

    Melvyn Bragg presents a series about the life and work of Charles Darwin. Darwin's early life and time at Cambridge, where his interests shifted from religion to natural science.

    5 January 2009

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    Also featuring: Jim Moore, David Norman, Colin Higgins

     
  10. Lysenkoism

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the dark world of science under Joseph Stalin through the career of his chief geneticist Trofim Lysenko.

    5 June 2008

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    Also featuring: Robert Service, Catherine Merridale

     
  11. Genetic Mutation

    Melvyn Bragg discusses mutation in genetics and evolution, unlocking the secrets of life and death.

    6 December 2007

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    Also featuring: Adrian Woolfson, Linda Partridge

     
  12. Human Evolution

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the story of human evolution, a tale not of one species, but of many – some of whom walked the Earth at the same time.

    16 February 2006

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    Also featuring: Fred Spoor, Margaret Clegg

     
  13. Mammals

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the rise of the mammals which began 65 million years ago with the extinction of the dinosaurs.

    13 October 2005

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    Also featuring: Richard Corfield, Jane Francis

     
  14. Lamarck and Natural Selection

    Melvyn Bragg discusses Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, the 18th century French scientist, and his theory of Natural Selection. Who was he and how far did he pave the way for Darwin?

    26 December 2003

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    Also featuring: Sandy Knapp, Simon Conway Morris

     
  15. Genetic Determinism

    Melvyn Bragg explores the part genes play in our personalities and examines how this affects our free will. Do genetic explanations for behaviour make a nonsense of free will, and therefore morality?

    23 September 1999

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    Also featuring: Matt Ridley