2003

February

• The Epic 6 Feb
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the epic.
  800 Literature, rhetoric and criticism
• Chance and Design 13 Feb
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the theories of a grand design in the universe.
  210 Philosophy and theory of religion
• The Lindisfarne Gospels 20 Feb
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Lindisfarne Gospels.
  270 History of Christianity
• The Aztecs 27 Feb
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Aztec Empire.
  970 History of North America

March

• Meteorology 6 Mar
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss meteorology.
  550 Earth sciences and geology
• Redemption 13 Mar
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss redemption.
  230 Christianity
• Originality 20 Mar
  Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the creative force of originality.
  800 Literature, rhetoric and criticism
• The Life of Stars 27 Mar
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life cycle of stars.
  520 Astronomy

April

• The Spanish Civil War 3 Apr
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Spanish Civil War which was a defining war of the twentieth century.
  940 History of Europe
• Proust 17 Apr
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work Marcel Proust whose novel A La Recherche du Temps Perdu, or In Search of Lost Time, has been called the definitive modern novel.
  840 French and related literatures
• Youth 24 Apr
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea of youth.
  300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology

May

• Roman Britain 1 May
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Romans in Britain.
  930 History of the Ancient World
• The Jacobite Rebellion 8 May
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discusses the Jacobite Rebellion.
  940 History of Europe
• The Holy Grail 15 May
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Grail.
  800 Literature, rhetoric and criticism
• Blood 22 May
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss blood.
  610 Medicine and health
• Memory 29 May
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the function and significance of memory.
  150 Psychology

June

• The Lunar Society 5 Jun
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Lunar Society.
  500 Science
• The Art of War 12 Jun
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and philosophy of warfare.
  350 Public administration and military science
• The Aristocracy 19 Jun
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the British aristocracy.
  940 History of Europe
• The East India Company 26 Jun
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the private trading company that helped forge the British Empire.
  380 Commerce, communications and transportation

July

• Vulcanology 3 Jul
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the formation of volcanoes.
  550 Earth sciences and geology
• Nature 10 Jul
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the attempt to define humanity’s part in the natural world.
  100 Philosophy
• The Apocalypse 17 Jul
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Apocalypse.
  230 Christianity

October

• Maxwell 2 Oct
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discusses the life and ideas of James Clerk Maxwell whose work is not widely known, but whose genius and contribution to the age in which we live is enormous.
  530 Physics
• Bohemianism 9 Oct
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 19th century Parisian philosophy of life lived for art.
  700 Arts
• The Schism 16 Oct
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss events surrounding the medieval division of the Christian Church.
  270 History of Christianity
• Infinity 23 Oct
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the nature and existence of mathematical infinity.
  510 Mathematics
• Robin Hood 30 Oct
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the centuries old myth of the most romantic noble outlaw.
  390 Customs, etiquette and folklore

November

• Sensation 6 Nov
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss sensation, a Victorian literary phenomenon.
  820 English and Old English literatures
• Duty 13 Nov
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the concept of duty.
  170 Ethics
• Ageing the Earth 20 Nov
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the age of the Earth.
  550 Earth sciences and geology
• St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre 27 Nov
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the infamous St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
  270 History of Christianity

December

• Wittgenstein 4 Dec
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, work and legacy of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
  190 Modern Western Philosophy
• The Devil 11 Dec
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the Devil.
  200 Religion
• The Alphabet 18 Dec
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the feat of astonishing intellectual engineering which provides us with millions of words in hundreds of languages.
  410 Linguistics
• Lamarck and Natural Selection 26 Dec
  Melvyn Bragg discusses Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, the 18th century French scientist.
  570 Biology