List of In Our Time programmes

In Our Time is a discussion programme on the history of ideas; it has been hosted since 1998 by Melvyn Bragg on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom. Since 2011, the entire archive has been available to download as individual podcasts.
==Programmes==
===2017–2018===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
9 February 2018 	Frederick Douglass 	Celeste-Marie Bernier, Professor of Black Studies in the English Department at the University of EdinburghKaren Salt, Assistant Professor in Transnational American Studies at the University of NottinghamNicholas Guyatt, Reader in North American History at the University of Cambridge
1 February 2018 	Cephalopods 	Louise Allcock, Lecturer in Zoology at the National University of Ireland, GalwayPaul Rodhouse, Emeritus Fellow of the British Antarctic SurveyJonathan Ablett,Senior Curator of Molluscs at the Natural History Museum
25 January 2018 	Cicero 	Melissa Lane, Professor of Politics at Princeton University. Carlyle Lecturer at the University of OxfordCatherine Steel, Professor of Classics at the University of GlasgowValentina Arena, Reader in Roman History at University College London
18 January 2018 	Anna Akhmatova 	Katharine Hodgson, Professor in Russian at the University of ExeterAlexandra Harrington, Reader in Russian Studies at Durham UniversityMichael Basker, Professor of Russian Literature and Dean of Arts at the University of Bristol
11 January 2018 	The Siege of Malta, 1565 	Helen Nicholson, Professor of Medieval History at Cardiff UniversityDiarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church at the University of OxfordKate Fleet, Director of the Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies and Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge
28 December 2017 	Hamlet 	Sir Jonathan Bate, Provost of Worcester College, University of OxfordCarol Rutter, Professor of Shakespeare and Performance Studies at the University of WarwickSonia Massai, Professor of Shakespeare Studies at King's College London
22 December 2017 	Ludwig van Beethoven 	Laura Tunbridge, Professor of Music and Henfrey Fellow, St Catherine's College, University of OxfordJohn Deathridge, Emeritus King Edward Professor of Music at King's College LondonErica Buurman, Senior Lecturer in Music, Canterbury Christ Church University
15 December 2017 	Thomas Becket 	Laura Ashe, Associate Professor of English at Worcester College, University of OxfordMichael Staunton, Associate Professor in History at University College DublinDanica Summerlin,Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Sheffield
7 December 2017 	Moby Dick 	Bridget Bennett, Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of LeedsKatie McGettigan, Lecturer in American Literature at Royal Holloway, University of LondonGraham Thompson, Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Nottingham
30 November 2017 	Carl Friedrich Gauss 	Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics and Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of OxfordColva Roney-Dougal, Reader in Pure Mathematics at the University of St AndrewsNick Evans, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Southampton
23 November 2017 	Thebes 	Edith Hall, Professor of Classics at King's College LondonSamuel Gartland, Lecturer in Ancient History at Corpus Christi College, University of OxfordPaul Cartledge, Emeritus Professor of Greek Culture and A. G. Leventis Senior Research Fellow at Clare College, University of Cambridge
16 November 2017 	Germaine de Staël 	Catriona Seth, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature at the University of OxfordAlison Finch, Professor Emerita of French Literature at the University of CambridgeKatherine Astbury, Associate Professor and Reader in French Studies at the University of Warwick.
9 November 2017 	The Picts 	Katherine Forsyth, Reader in the Department of Celtic and Gaelic at the University of GlasgowAlex Woolf, Senior Lecturer in Dark Age Studies at the University of St AndrewsGordon Noble,Reader in Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen
2 November 2017 	Picasso's Guernica 	Mary Vincent, Professor of Modern European History at the University of SheffieldGijs van Hensbergen, Historian of Spanish Art and Fellow of the LSE Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish StudiesDacia Viejo Rose, Lecturer in Heritage in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge Fellow of Selwyn College
26 October 2017 	Feathered Dinosaurs 	Mike Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology at the University of BristolSteve Brusatte, Reader and Chancellor's Fellow in Vertebrate Palaeontology at the University of EdinburghMaria McNamara, Senior Lecturer in Geology at University College Cork
19 October 2017 	Congress of Vienna 	Tim Blanning, Emeritus Professor of Modern European History at the University of CambridgeKathleen Burk, Professor Emerita of Modern and Contemporary History at University College LondonJohn Bew,Professor in History and Foreign Policy at the War Studies Department at King's College London
12 October 2017 	Aphra Behn 	Janet Todd, Former President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge UniversityRos Ballaster, Professor of 18th Century Literature at Mansfield College, University of OxfordClaire Bowditch, Post-doctoral Research Associate in English and Drama at Loughborough University
5 October 2017 	Constantine the Great 	Christopher Kelly, Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Cambridge and President of Corpus Christi CollegeLucy Grig, Senior Lecturer in Roman History at the University of EdinburghGreg Woolf, Director of the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London
28 September 2017 	Wuthering Heights 	Karen O'Brien, Professor of English Literature at the University of OxfordJohn Bowen, Professor of Nineteenth Century Literature at the University of YorkAlexandra Lewis, Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Aberdeen
21 September 2017 	Kant's Categorical Imperative	Alison Hills, Professor of Philosophy at St John's College, University of OxfordDavid S. Oderberg, Professor of Philosophy at the University of ReadingJohn Callanan, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at King's College London
===2016–2017===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
6 July 2017 	Bird migration 	Barbara Helm, Reader at the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine at the University of GlasgowTim Guilford, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Tutorial Fellow of Zoology at Merton College, OxfordRichard Holland, Senior Lecturer in Animal Cognition at Bangor UniversityBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 6 July 2017, Bird Migration
29 June 2017 	Plato's Republic 	Angie Hobbs, Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of SheffieldM.M. McCabe, Professor of Ancient Philosophy Emerita at King's College LondonJames Warren, Fellow of Corpus Christi College and a Reader in Ancient Philosophy at the University of CambridgeBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 29 May 2017, Plato's Republic
22 June 2017 	Eugene Onegin 	Andrew Kahn, Professor of Russian Literature at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St Edmund HallEmily Finer, Lecturer in Russian and Comparative Literature at the University of St AndrewsSimon Dixon, The Sir Bernard Pares Professor of Russian History at University College LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 22 May 2017, Eugene Onegin
15 June 2017 	American Populists and the Guilded age 	Lawrence Goldman, Professor of History at the Institute of Historical Research, University of LondonMara Keire, Lecturer in US History at the University of OxfordChristopher Phelps, Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of NottinghamBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 15 May 2017, American Populists
8 June 2017 	Christine de Pizan 	Helen Swift, Associate Professor of Medieval French at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St Hilda's CollegeMiranda Griffin, Lecturer in French and Fellow of St Catharine's College, CambridgeMarilynn Desmond, Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Binghamton UniversityBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 8 May 2017, Christine de Pizan
1 June 2017 	Enzymes 	Nigel Richards, Professor of Biological Chemistry at Cardiff UniversitySarah Barry, Lecturer in Chemical Biology at King's College LondonJim Naismith, Director of the Research Complex at Harwell. Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Chemical Biology at the University of St Andrews, Professor of Structural Biology at the University of OxfordBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 1 May 2017, Enzymes
25 May 2017 	Purgatory 	Laura Ashe, associate professor of English and fellow of Worcester College at the University of OxfordMatthew Treherne, Professor of Italian Literature at the University of LeedsHelen Foxhall Forbes, associate professor of Early Medieval History at Durham UniversityBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 25 May 2017, Purgatory
18 May 2017 	Louis Pasteur 	Andrew Mendelsohn, Reader in the School of History at Queen Mary, University of LondonAnne Hardy, Honorary Professor at the Centre for History in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Michael Worboys, Emeritus Professor in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of ManchesterBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 18 May 2017, Louis Pasteur
11 May 2017 	Emily Dickinson 	Fiona Green, Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Jesus CollegeLinda Freedman, Lecturer in English and American Literature at University College LondonParaic Finnerty, Reader in English and American Literature at the University of PortsmouthBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 11 May 2017, Emily Dickinson
4 May 2017 	Battle of Lincoln (1217) 	Louise Wilkinson, Professor of Medieval History at Canterbury Christ Church UniversityStephen Church, Professor of Medieval History at the University of East AngliaThomas Asbridge, Reader in Medieval History at Queen Mary College, University of LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 4 May 2017, Battle of Lincoln (1217)
27 April 2017 	Egyptian Book of the Dead 	John Taylor, Curator at the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan at the British MuseumKate Spence, Senior Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology at Cambridge University and Fellow of Emmanuel CollegeRichard Parkinson, Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford and Fellow of the Queen's CollegeBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 27 April 2017, The Egyptian Book of the Dead
20 April 2017 	Roger Bacon 	Jack Cunningham, Academic Coordinator for Theology at Bishop Grosseteste University, LincolnAmanda Power, associate professor of Medieval History at the University of OxfordElly Truitt, associate professor of Medieval History at Bryn Mawr CollegeBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 20 April 2017, Roger Bacon
13 April 2017 	Rosa Luxemburg 	Jacqueline Rose, Co-Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck, University of London Mark Jones, Irish Research Council fellow at the Centre for War Studies, University College DublinNadine Rossol, Senior lecturer in Modern European History at the University of EssexBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 13 April 2017, Rosa Luxemburg
6 April 2017 	Pauli exclusion principle 	Frank Close, Fellow Emeritus at Exeter College, University of Oxford Michela Massimi, Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of EdinburghGraham Farmelo, Bye-Fellow of Churchill College, University of CambridgeBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 6 April 2017, Pauli exclusion principle
30 March 2017 	Hokusai 	Angus Lockyer, Lecturer in Japanese History at SOAS University of LondonRosina Buckland, Senior Curator of Japanese Collections at the National Museum of ScotlandEllis Tinios, Honorary Lecturer in the School of History, University of LeedsBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 30 March 2017, Hokusai
23 March 2017 	Battle of Salamis 	Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Professor in Ancient History at Cardiff UniversityLindsay Allen, Lecturer in Greek and Near Eastern History, King's College LondonPaul Cartledge, Emeritus Professor of Greek Culture and AG Leventis Senior Research Fellow at Clare College, University of CambridgeBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 23 March 2017, The Battle of Salamis
16 March 2017 	Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum 	Dame Jane Francis, Professor of Palaeoclimatology at the British Antarctic SurveyMark Maslin, Professor of Palaeoclimatology at University College LondonTracy Aze, Lecturer in Marine Micropaleontology at the University of LeedsBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 16 March 2017, The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
9 March 2017 	Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South	Sally Shuttleworth, Professor of English Literature at the University of OxfordDinah Birch, Pro-vice Chancellor for Research and Professor of English Literature at the University of LiverpoolJenny Uglow, Biographer of Elizabeth GaskellBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 9 March 2017, North and South
2 March 2017 	Kuiper belt 	Carolin Crawford, Public Astronomer at the Institute of Astronomy and Fellow of Emmanuel College, University of CambridgeMonica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open UniversityStephen Lowry, Reader in Planetary and Space Sciences, University of KentBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 2 March 2017, Kuiper Belt
23 February 2017 	Seneca the Younger 	Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at the University of CambridgeCatharine Edwards, Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Birkbeck, University of LondonAlessandro Schiesaro, Professor of Classics at the University of ManchesterBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 23 February 2017, Seneca the Younger
16 February 2017 	Maths in the Early Islamic World 	Colva Roney-Dougal, Reader in Pure Mathematics at the University of St AndrewsPeter Pormann, Professor of Classics & Graeco-Arabic Studies at the University of ManchesterJim Al-Khalili, Professor of Physics at the University of SurreyBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 16 February 2017, Maths in the Early Islamic World
9 February 2017 	John Clare 	Jonathan Bate, Professor of English Literature at the Worcester College, Oxford UniversitySenior Lecturer in the English Faculty and fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge University Simon Kövesi, Professor of English Literature at Oxford Brookes University BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 9 February 2017, John Clare
2 February 2017 	Hannah Arendt 	Lyndsey Stonebridge, Professor of Modern Literature and History at the University of East AngliaFrisbee Sheffield, Lecturer in Philosophy at Girton College, University of CambridgeRobert Eaglestone, Professor of English at Royal Holloway, University of LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 2 February 2017, Hannah Arendt
26 January 2017 	Parasitism 	Steve Jones, Emeritus Professor of Genetics at University College, LondonWendy Gibson, Professor of Protozoology at the University of BristolKayla King, associate professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of OxfordBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 26 January 2017, Parasitism
19 January 2017 	Mary, Queen of Scots 	David Forsyth, Principal Curator, Scottish Medieval-Early Modern Collections at National Museums ScotlandAnna Groundwater, Teaching Fellow in Historical Skills and Methods at the University of EdinburghJohn Guy, Fellow of Clare College, University of CambridgeBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 19 January 2017, Mary, Queen of Scots
12 January 2017 	Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality 	Stephen Mulhall, Professor of Philosophy and a Fellow and Tutor at New College, University of OxfordFiona Hughes, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of EssexKeith Ansell-Pearson, Professor of Philosophy at the University of WarwickBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 12 January 2017, Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality
29 December 2016 	Johannes Kepler 	David Wootton, Professor of History at the University of YorkUlinka Rublack, Professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St John's CollegeAdam Mosley, associate professor in the Department of History at Swansea UniversityBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 29 December 2016, Johannes Kepler
21 December 2016 	Four Quartets 	David Moody, Emeritus Professor of English and American Literature at the University of YorkFran Brearton, Professor of Modern Poetry at Queen's University BelfastMark Ford, Professor of English and American Literature at University College LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 21 December 2016, Four Quartets
15 December 2016 	The Gin Craze 	Angela McShane, research fellow in History at the Victoria and Albert Museum and University of SheffieldJudith Hawley, Professor of 18th century literature at Royal Holloway, University of LondonEmma Major, Senior Lecturer in English at the University of YorkBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 15 December 2016, The Gin Craze
8 December 2016 	Harriet Martineau 	Valerie Sanders, Professor of English at the University of HullKaren O'Brien, Professor of English Literature at the University of OxfordElla Dzelzainis, Lecturer in 19th Century Literature at Newcastle UniversityBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 8 December 2016, Harriet Martineau
1 December 2016 	Garibaldi and the Risorgimento 	Lucy Riall, Professor of Comparative History of Europe at the European University Institute and Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of LondonEugenio Biagini, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of CambridgeDavid Laven, associate professor of History at the University of NottinghamBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 1 December 2016, Garibaldi and the Risorgimento
24 November 2016 	Baltic Crusades 	Aleks Pluskowski, associate professor of Archaeology at the University of ReadingNora Berend, Fellow of St Catharine's College and Reader in European History at the Faculty of History at the University of CambridgeMartin Palmer, Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education, and CultureBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 24 November 2016, Baltic Crusades
17 November 2016 	Justinian's Legal Code 	Caroline Humfress, Professor of Medieval History at the University of St AndrewsSimon Corcoran, Lecturer in Ancient History at Newcastle UniversityPaul du Plessis, Senior Lecturer in Civil law and European legal history at the School of Law University of EdinburghBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 17 November 2016, Justinian's Legal Code
10 November 2016 	The Fighting Temeraire 	Susan Foister, Curator of Early Netherlandish, German and British Painting at the National GalleryDavid Blayney Brown, Manton Curator of British Art 1790–1850 at Tate Britain James Davey, Curator of Naval History at the National Maritime MuseumBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 10 November 2016, The Fighting Temeraire
3 November 2016 	Epic of Gilgamesh 	Andrew George, Professor of Babylonian at SOAS, University of LondonFrances Reynolds Shillito Fellow in Assyriology at the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford and Fellow of St Benet's HallMartin Worthington Lecturer in Assyriology at the University of CambridgeBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 3 November 2016, Epic of Gilgamesh
27 October 2016 	John Dalton 	Jim Bennett, Associate Former Director of the Museum of the History of Science at the University of Oxford and Keeper Emeritus at the Science MuseumAileen Fyfe, Reader in British History at the University of St AndrewsJames Sumner, Lecturer in the History of Technology at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of ManchesterBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 27 October 2016, John Dalton
20 October 2016 	The 12th Century Renaissance 	Laura Ashe, associate professor of English at Worcester College, University of OxfordElisabeth van Houts, Honorary Professor of Medieval European History at the University of CambridgeGiles Gasper, Reader in Medieval History at Durham UniversityBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 20 October 2016, The 12th Century Renaissance
13 October 2016 	Plasma 	Justin Wark, Professor of Physics and Fellow of Trinity College at the University of OxfordKate Lancaster, research fellow for Innovation and Impact at the York Plasma Institute at the University of YorkBill Graham, Professor of Physics at Queen's University BelfastBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 13 October 2016, Plasma
6 October 2016 	Lakshmi 	Jessica Frazier, Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Kent, research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies at the University of OxfordJacqueline Suthren-Hirst, Senior Lecturer in South Asian Studies at the University of ManchesterChakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy at Lancaster UniversityBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 6 October 2016, Lakshmi
29 September 2016 	Animal Farm 	Steven Connor, Grace 2 Professor of English at the University of Cambridge Mary Vincent, Professor of Modern European History at the University of SheffieldRobert Colls, Professor of Cultural History at De Montfort UniversityBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 29 September 2016, Animal Farm
22 September 2016 	Zeno's Paradoxes 	Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics and Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of OxfordBarbara Sattler, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of St AndrewsJames Warren, Reader in Ancient Philosophy at the University of CambridgeBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 22 September 2016, Zeno's Paradoxes
===2015–2016===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
07 July 2016 	The Invention of Photography 	Simon Schaffer, Professor of the History of Science at the University of CambridgeElizabeth Edwards, Emeritus Professor of Photographic History at De Montfort UniversityAlison Morrison-Low, Research Associate at National Museums of ScotlandBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 07 July 2016, The Invention of Photography
30 June 2016 	Sovereignty 	Melissa Lane, Class of 1943 Professor of Politics at Princeton UniversityRichard Bourke, Professor in the History of Political Thought at Queen Mary, University of LondonTim Stanton, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of YorkBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 30 June 2016, Sovereignty
23 June 2016 	Songs of Innocence and of Experience	Jonathan Bate, Provost of Worcester College, University of OxfordSarah Haggarty, Lecturer at the Faculty of English and Fellow of Queens' College, University of CambridgeJon Mee, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies at the University of YorkBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 23 June 2016, Songs of Innocence and of Experience
16 June 2016 	The Bronze Age Collapse 	John Bennet, Director of the British School at Athens and Professor of Aegean Archaeology at the University of SheffieldLinda Hulin, Fellow of Harris Manchester College and Research Officer at the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology at the University of OxfordSimon Stoddart, Fellow of Magdalene College and Reader in Prehistory at the University of CambridgeBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 16 June 2016, The Bronze Age Collapse
9 June 2016 	Penicillin 	Laura Piddock, Professor of Microbiology at the University of BirminghamChristoph Tang, Professor of Cellular Pathology and Professorial Fellow at Exeter College at the University of OxfordSteve Jones, Emeritus Professor of Genetics at University College LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 9 June 2016, Penicillin
2 June 2016 	Margery Kempe and English Mysticism 	Miri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Queen Mary, University of LondonKatherine Lewis, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of HuddersfieldAnthony Bale, Professor of Medieval Studies at Birkbeck, University of LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 2 June 2016, Margery Kempe and English Mysticism
26 May 2016 	The Gettysburg Address 	Catherine Clinton, Denman Chair of American History at the University of Texas and International Professor at Queen's University BelfastSusan-Mary Grant, Professor of American History at Newcastle UniversityTim Lockley, Professor of American History at the University of WarwickBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 26 May 2016, The Gettysburg Address
19 May 2016 	The Muses 	Paul Cartledge, Emeritus Professor of Greek Culture and A. G. Leventis Senior Research Fellow at Clare College, University of CambridgeAngie Hobbs, Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy, University of SheffieldPenelope Murray, Founder member and retired Senior Lecturer, Department of Classics, University of WarwickBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 19 May 2016, The Muses
12 May 2016 	Titus Oates and his Popish Plot 	Clare Jackson, Senior Tutor and Director of Studies in History at Trinity Hall, University of CambridgeMark Knights, Professor of History at the University of WarwickPeter Hinds, associate professor of English at Plymouth UniversityBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 12 May 2016, Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot'
5 May 2016 	Tess of the d'Urbervilles 	Dinah Birch, Professor of English Literature and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Impact at the University of LiverpoolFrancis O'Gorman, Professor of Victorian Literature at the University of LeedsJane Thomas, Reader in Victorian and early Twentieth Century literature at the University of HullBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 5 May 2016, Tess of the d'Urbervilles
28 April 2016 	Euclid's Elements 	Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics and Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of OxfordSerafina Cuomo, Reader in Roman History at Birkbeck, University of LondonJune Barrow-Green, Professor of the History of Mathematics at the Open UniversityBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 28 April 2016, Euclid's Elements
21 April 2016 	1816, the Year Without a Summer 	Clive Oppenheimer, Professor of Volcanology at the University of CambridgeJane Stabler, Professor in Romantic Literature at the University of St AndrewsLawrence Goldman, Director of the Institute of Historical Research at the University of LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 21 April 2016, 1816, the Year Without a Summer
14 April 2016 	The Neutron 	Val Gibson, Professor of High Energy Physics at the University of Cambridge and fellow of Trinity CollegeAndrew Harrison, Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Light Source and Professor in Chemistry at the University of EdinburghFrank Close, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of OxfordBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 14 April 2016, The Neutron
7 April 2016 	The Sikh Empire 	Gurharpal Singh, Professor in Inter-Religious Relations and Development at SOAS, University of LondonChandrika Kaul, Lecturer in Modern History at the University of St AndrewsSusan Stronge, Senior Curator in the Asian Department of the Victoria and Albert MuseumBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 7 April 2016, The Sikh Empire
31 March 2016 	Agrippina the Younger 	Catharine Edwards, Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Birkbeck, University of LondonAlice König, Lecturer in Latin and Classical Studies at the University of St AndrewsMatthew Nicholls, associate professor of Classics at the University of ReadingBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 31 March 2016, Agrippina the Younger
24 March 2016 	Aurora Leigh 	Margaret Reynolds, Professor of English at Queen Mary University of LondonDaniel Karlin, Winterstoke Professor of English Literature at the University of BristolKaren O'Brien, Professor of English Literature at King's College LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 24 March 2016, Aurora Leigh
17 March 2016 	Bedlam 	Hilary Marland, Professor of History at the University of WarwickJustin Champion, Professor of the History of Early Modern Ideas at Royal Holloway, University of London and President of the Historical AssociationJonathan Andrews, Reader in the History of Psychiatry at Newcastle UniversityBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 17 March 2016, Bedlam
10 March 2016 	The Maya Civilization 	Elizabeth Graham, Professor of Mesoamerican Archaeology at University College LondonMatthew Restall, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Latin American History and Anthropology at Pennsylvania State UniversityBenjamin Vis, Eastern ARC Research Fellow in Digital Humanities at the University of KentBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 10 March 2016, The Maya Civilization
3 March 2016 	The Dutch East India Company 	Anne Goldgar, Reader in Early Modern European History at King's College LondonChris Nierstrasz, Lecturer in Global History at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, formerly at the University of WarwickHelen Paul, Lecturer in Economics and Economic History at the University of SouthamptonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 3 March 2016, The Dutch East India Company
25 February 2016 	Mary Magdalene 	Joanne Anderson, Lecturer in Art History at the Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of LondonEamon Duffy, Emeritus Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Magdalene CollegeJoan Taylor, Professor of Christian Origins and Second Temple Judaism at King's College LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 25 February 2016, Mary Magdalene
18 February 2016 	Robert Hooke 	David Wootton, Anniversary Professor of History at the University of YorkPatricia Fara, President Elect of the British Society for the History of ScienceRob Iliffe, Professor of History of Science at University of OxfordBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 18 February 2016, Robert Hooke
11 February 2016 	Rumi's Poetry 	Alan Williams, British Academy Wolfson Research Professor at the University of ManchesterCarole Hillenbrand, Professor of Islamic History at the University of St Andrews and Professor Emerita of University of EdinburghLloyd Ridgeon, Reader in Islamic Studies at the University of GlasgowBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 11 February 2016, Rumi's Poetry
4 February 2016 	Chromatography 	Andrea Sella, Professor of Chemistry at University College LondonApryll Stalcup, Professor of Chemical Sciences at Dublin City UniversityLeon Barron, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science at King's College LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 4 February 2016, Chromatography
28 January 2016 	Eleanor of Aquitaine 	Lindy Grant, Professor of Medieval History at the University of ReadingNicholas Vincent, Professor of Medieval History at the University of East AngliaJulie Barrau, University Lecturer in British Medieval History at the University of CambridgeBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 28 January 2016, Eleanor of Aquitaine
21 January 2016 	Thomas Paine's Common Sense 	Kathleen Burk, Professor Emerita of Modern and Contemporary History at University College LondonNicholas Guyatt, University Lecturer in American History at the University of CambridgePeter Thompson, associate professor of American History at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St Cross CollegeBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 21 January 2016, Thomas Paine's Common Sense
14 January 2016 	Saturn 	Carolin Crawford, Public Astronomer at the Institute of Astronomy and Fellow of Emmanuel College, University of CambridgeMichele Dougherty, Professor of Space Physics at Imperial College LondonAndrew Coates, Deputy Director in charge of the Solar System at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 14 January 2016, Saturn
31 December 2015 	Tristan and Iseult 	Laura Ashe, associate professor of English at Worcester College, University of OxfordJuliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in the School of Welsh at Cardiff UniversityMark Chinca, Reader in Medieval German Literature at the University of CambridgeBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 31 December 2015, Tristan and Iseult
25 December 2015 	Michael Faraday 	Geoffrey Cantor, Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at the University of LeedsLaura Herz, Professor of Physics at the University of OxfordFrank James, Professor of the History of Science at the Royal InstitutionBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 25 December 2015, Michael Faraday
17 December 2015 	Circadian rhythms 	Russell Foster, Professor of Circadian Neuroscience at the University of OxfordDebra Skene, Professor of Neuroendocrinology at the University of SurreySteve Jones, Emeritus Professor of Genetics at University College LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 17 December 2015, Circadian rhythms
10 December 2015 	Chinese Legalism 	Frances Wood, Former Curator of the Chinese Collections at the British LibraryHilde de Weerdt, Professor of Chinese History at Leiden UniversityRoel Sterckx, Joseph Needham Professor of Chinese History at the University of CambridgeBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 10 December 2015, Chinese Legalism
3 December 2015 	Voyages of James Cook 	Simon Schaffer, Professor of the History of Science at the University of CambridgeRebekah Higgitt, Lecturer in the History of Science at the University of KentSophie Forgan, Retired Principal Lecturer at the University of Teesside, and Chairman of Trustees of the Captain Cook Museum, WhitbyBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 3 December 2015, Voyages of James Cook
29 November 2015 	The Salem Witch Trials 	Susan Castillo, Harriet Beecher Stowe Professor of American Studies at King's College LondonSimon Middleton, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of SheffieldMarion Gibson, Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures at the University of ExeterBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 29 November 2015, The Salem Witch Trials
19 November 2015 	Emma 	Janet Todd, Professor Emerita of Literature, University of Aberdeen, and Honorary Fellow of Newnham College, University of CambridgeJohn Mullan, Professor of English at University College LondonEmma Clery, Professor of English at the University of SouthamptonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 19 November 2015, Emma
12 November 2015 	Battle of Lepanto 	Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church at the University of OxfordKate Fleet, Director of the Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies and Fellow of Newnham College, University of CambridgeNoel Malcolm, senior research fellow in History at All Souls College, University of OxfordBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 12 November 2015, The Battle of Lepanto
5 November 2015 	P v NP 	Colva Roney-Dougal, Reader in Pure Mathematics at the University of St AndrewsTimothy Gowers, Royal Society Research Professor in Mathematics at the University of CambridgeLeslie Ann Goldberg, Professor of Computer Science and Fellow of St Edmund Hall, University of OxfordBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 5 November 2015, P v NP
29 October 2015 	The Empire of Mali 	Amira Bennison, Reader in the History and Culture of the Maghrib at the University of CambridgeMarie Rodet, Senior Lecturer in the History of Africa at SOASKevin MacDonald, Professor of African Archaeology, Chair of the African Studies Programme at University College LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 29 October 2015, The Empire of Mali
22 October 2015 	Simone de Beauvoir 	Christina Howells, Professor of French and Fellow of Wadham College at the University of OxfordMargaret Atack, Professor of French at the University of LeedsUrsula Tidd, Professor of Modern French Literature and Thought at the University of ManchesterBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 22 October 2015, Simone de Beauvoir
15 October 2015 	Holbein at the Tudor Court 	Susan Foister, Curator of Early Netherlandish, German and British Painting at the National GalleryJohn Guy, a fellow of Clare College, University of CambridgeMaria Hayward, Professor of Early Modern History at the University of SouthamptonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 15 October 2015, Holbein at the Tudor Court
1 October 2015 	Alexander the Great 	Paul Cartledge, Emeritus Professor of Greek Culture and AG Leventis Senior Research Fellow at Clare College, University of CambridgeDiana Spencer, Professor of Classics at the University of BirminghamRachel Mairs, Lecturer in Classics at the University of ReadingBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 1 October, 2015, Alexander the Great
24 September 2015 	Perpetual Motion 	Ruth Gregory, Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Durham UniversityFrank Close, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of OxfordSteven Bramwell, Professor of Physics and former Professor of Chemistry at University College LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 24 September, 2015, Perpetual motion
===2014–2015===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
9 July 2015 	Frida Kahlo 	Patience Schell, Chair in Hispanic Studies at the University of AberdeenValerie Fraser, Emeritus Professor of Latin American Art at the University of EssexAlan Knight, Emeritus Professor of the History of Latin America at the University of OxfordBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 25 June, 2015' Frida Kahlo
2 July 2015 	Frederick the Great 	Tim Blanning, Emeritus Professor of Modern European History at the University of CambridgeKatrin Kohl, Professor of German Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus CollegeThomas Biskup, Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of HullBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 2 July, 2015 Frederick the Great
25 June 2015 	Extremophiles 	Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open UniversityIan Crawford, Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology at Birkbeck, University of LondonNick Lane, Reader in Evolutionary Biochemistry at University College LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 25 June, 2015 Extremophiles
18 June 2015 	Jane Eyre 	Dinah Birch, Professor of English Literature and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of LiverpoolKaren O'Brien, Vice Principal and Professor of English Literature at King's College LondonSara Lyons, Lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of KentBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 18 June, 2015, Jane Eyre
11 June 2015 	Utilitarianism 	Melissa Lane, The Class of 1943 Professor of Politics at Princeton UniversityJanet Radcliffe Richards, Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of OxfordBrad Hooker, Professor of Philosophy at the University of ReadingBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 11 June, 2015 Utilitarianism
4 June 2015 	Prester John 	Marianne O'Doherty, associate professor in English at the University of SouthamptonMartin Palmer, Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education, and CultureAmanda Power, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of SheffieldBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 4 June, 2015 Prester John
28 May 2015 	The Science of Glass 	The Science of Glass
21 May 2015 	Josephus 	Tessa Rajak, Professor Emeritus of Ancient History, University of ReadingPhilip Alexander, Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies, University of ManchesterMartin Goodman, Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Oxford and President of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish StudiesBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 21 May, 2015 Josephus
14 May 2015 	Lancashire Cotton Famine 	Chandrika Kaul, Lecturer in Modern History at the University of St AndrewsEmma Griffin, Professor of History at the University of East AngliaDavid Brown, Senior Lecturer in American Studies at University of ManchesterBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 30 April, 2015 Lancashire Cotton Famine
7 May 2015 	Rabindranath Tagore 	Chandrika Kaul, Lecturer in Modern History at the University of St AndrewsBashabi Fraser, Professor of English Literature and Creative Writing at Edinburgh Napier UniversityJohn Stevens, Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellow at SOAS, University of LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 30 April, 2015 Rabindranath Tagore
30 April 2015 	The Earth's core 	The Earth's core
23 April 2015 	Fanny Burney 	Nicole Pohl, Reader in English Literature at Oxford Brookes UniversityJudith Hawley, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of LondonJohn Mullan, Professor of English at University College London.BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 23 April, 2015 Fanny Burney
16 April 2015 	Matteo Ricci and the Ming dynasty 	Mary Laven, Reader in Early Modern History at the University of CambridgeCraig Clunas, Professor of the History of Art at the University of OxfordAnne Gerritsen, Reader in History at the University of WarwickBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 16 April, 2015, Matteo Ricci and the Ming Dynasty
9 April 2015 	Sappho 	Edith Hall, Professor of Classics at King's College, LondonMargaret Reynolds, Professor of English at Queen Mary University of LondonDirk Obbink, Professor of Papyrology and Greek Literature at the University of Oxford[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05pqsk4 BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 9 April, 2015Sappho
2 April 2015 	The California Gold Rush 	Kathleen Burk, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at University College LondonJacqueline Fear-Segal, Reader in American History and Culture at the University of East AngliaFrank Cogliano, Professor of American History at the University of Edinburgh[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nxgdd BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 2 April, 2015The California Gold Rush
26 March 2015 	The Curies 	The Curies
19 March 2015 	Al-Ghazali 	Peter Adamson, Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of MunichCarole Hillenbrand, Professor of Islamic History at Edinburgh and St Andrews UniversitiesRobert Gleave, Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of ExeterBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 19 March 2015, Al-Ghazali
12 March 2015 	Dark matter 	Carolin Crawford, Public Astronomer at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge and Gresham Professor of AstronomyCarlos Frenk, Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics and Director of the Institute for Computational Cosmology at the University of DurhamAnne Green, Reader in Physics at the University of NottinghamBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 12 March 2015, Dark matter
5 March 2015 	Beowulf 	Laura Ashe, Associate Professor in English at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Worcester CollegeClare Lees, Professor of Medieval English Literature and History of the Language at King's College LondonAndy Orchard, Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of OxfordBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 5 March 2015, Beowulf
26 February 2015 	The Eunuch 	Karen Radner, Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History at University College London, Shaun Tougher, Reader in Ancient History at Cardiff University, Michael Hoeckelmann, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at King's College LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 26 February, 2015, Eunuch
19 February 2015 	Wealth of Nations 	Richard Whatmore, Professor of Modern History and Director of the Institute of Intellectual History at the University of St Andrews, Donald Winch, Emeritus Professor of Intellectual History at the University of Sussex, Helen Paul, Lecturer in Economics and Economic History at the University of SouthamptonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 19 February, 2015, Wealth of Nations
12 February 2015 	The Photon 	Frank Close, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Oxford, Wendy Flavell, Professor of Surface Physics at the University of Manchester, Susan Cartwright, Senior Lecturer in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Sheffield.BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 12 February, 2015, Photon
5 February 2015 	Ashoka the Great 	Jessica Frazier, Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Kent and a research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Naomi Appleton, Chancellor's Fellow in Religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh, Richard Gombrich, Founder and Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies and Emeritus Professor of Sanskrit at the University of OxfordBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 5 February, 2015, Ashoka the Great
29 January 2015 	Thucydides 	Paul Cartledge, Emeritus Professor of Greek Culture and AG Leventis Senior Research Fellow at Clare College, Cambridge,Katherine Harloe, Associate Professor in Classics and Intellectual History at the University of Reading, Neville Morley, Professor of Ancient History at the University of BristolBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 29 January, 2015, Thucydides
22 January 2015 	Phenomenology 	Simon Glendinning, Professor of European Philosophy in the European Institute at the London School of EconomicsJoanna Hodge, Professor of Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan UniversityStephen Mulhall, Professor of Philosophy and Tutor at New College, OxfordBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 22 January, 2015, Phenomenology
15 January 2015 	Bruegel's The Fight BetweenCarnival and Lent	Louise Milne, Lecturer in Visual Culture in the School of Art at the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Napier UniversityJeanne Nuechterlein, Senior Lecturer in the Department of History of Art, University of YorkMiri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History and Head of the School of History at Queen Mary, University of LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 15 January, 2015, Bruegel's The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
18 December 2014 	Truth 	Simon Blackburn, Fellow of Trinity College, University of Cambridge, and Professor of Philosophy at the New College of the Humanities Jennifer Hornsby, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London Crispin Wright, Regius Professor of Logic at the University of Aberdeen, and Professor of Philosophy at New York UniversityBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 18 December 2014, Truth
11 December 2014 	Behavioural ecology 	Steve Jones, Emeritus Professor of Genetics, School of Life and Medical Sciences at University College London Rebecca Kilner, Professor of Evolutionary biology at Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge John Krebs, Principal at Jesus College OxfordBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 4 December 2014, Behavioural ecology
4 December 2014 	Zen 	Tim Barrett, Emeritus Professor at Department of the Study of Religions, SOAS, University of London Lucia Dolce, Numata Reader in Japanese Buddhism at SOAS, University of London Eric Greene, Lecturer in East Asian Religions at the University of BristolBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 4 December 2014, Zen
27 November 2014 	Kafka's The Trial 	Elizabeth Boa, Emeritus Professor of German, University of Nottingham Steve Connor, Professor of English, Peterhouse, Cambridge Ritchie Robertson, Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature, The Queen's College, OxfordBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 27 November 2014, Franz Kafka
20 November 2014 	Aesop 	Pavlos Avlamis, Faculty of Classics Research Lecturer, Trinity College, Oxford, Lucy Grig, Senior Lecturer in Roman History at the University of Edinburgh, Simon Goldhill, Professor of Greek Literature and Culture, Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at King's College, CambridgeBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 20 November 2014, Aesop
13 November 2014 	Brunel 	Julia Elton, Past President of the Newcomen Society, Ben Marsden, Senior Lecturer, School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, University of Aberdeen, Crosbie Smith, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of KentBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 13 November 2014, Brunel
06 November 2014 	Hatshepsut 	Elizabeth Frood, Associate Professor of Egyptology; Fellow of St Cross College the University of Oxford, Kate Spence, Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, Campbell Price, Curator of Department of Egypt & Syria, Manchester Museum (The University of Manchester)BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 06 November 2014, Hatshepsut
30 October 2014 	Nuclear Fusion 	Philippa Browning, Professor of Astrophysics, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester Steve Cowley, Professor in Plasma Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics Imperial College, London Justin Wark, Professor of Physics, University of OxfordBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 30 October, Nuclear Fusion
23 October 2014 	The Haitian Revolution 	Kate Hodgson, Doctor of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, University of Liverpool Tim Lockley, School of Comparative American Studies, University of Warwick Karen Salt, Research Fellow at School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, University of AberdeenBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 23 October, The Haitian Revolution
16 October 2014 	Rudyard Kipling 	Howard Booth, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Manchester Daniel Karlin, Research Fellow in English, William Wills of English, University of Bristol Jan Montefiore, Professor of 20th Century English Literature, University of KentBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 16 October 2014, Rudyard Kipling
9 October 2014 	The Battle of Talas 	Hilde de Weerdt, Professor of Chinese History at Leiden University, Michael Höckelmann, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at King's College London, Hugh Kennedy, Professor of Arabic at SOAS, University of London.BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 9 October 2014, The Battle of Talas
2 October 2014 	Julius Caesar 	Christopher Pelling, Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford, Catherine Steel, Professor of Classics at the University of Glasgow Maria Wyke, Professor of Latin at University College London.BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 2 October 2014, Julius Caesar
25 September 2014 	e 	Colva Roney-Dougal, Reader in Pure Mathematics at the University of St Andrews, June Barrow-Green, Senior Lecturer in the History of Maths at the Open University, Vicky Neale, Whitehead Lecturer at the Mathematical Institute and Balliol College, Oxford.BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 25 September 2014, e (mathematical constant)
===2013–2014===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
10 July 2014 	The Sun 	Carolin Crawford, Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College, Yvonne Elsworth, Professor of Helioseismology, Poynting Professor of Physics at the University of Birmingham. Louise Harra, Professor of solar physics at Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCLBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 10 July, The Sun
3 July 2014 	Mrs Dalloway 	Dame Hermione Lee, President of Wolfson College, Oxford Jane Goldman, Reader in English Literature at the University of Glasgow Kathryn Simpson, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Cardiff Metropolitan University.BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 3 July, Mrs Dalloway
26 June 2014 	Hildegard of Bingen 	Miri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History and Head of the School of History at Queen Mary, University of London, William Flynn, Lecturer in Medieval Latin at the University of Leeds, Almut Suerbaum, Lecturer in German, Fellow of Somerville at the University of OxfordBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 26 June, Hildegard of Bingen
19 June 2014 	The Philosophy of Solitude 	Melissa Lane, Professor of Politics at Princeton University Simon Blackburn, Fellow of University of CambridgeJohn Haldane, Professor of Philosophy at University of St AndrewsBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 19 June 2014, The Philosophy of Solitude
12 June 2014 	Robert Boyle 	Simon Schaffer, Professor the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, Michael Hunter, Professor at the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck College, University of London Anna Marie Roos, Senior Lecturer in Faculty of Media Humanities and Performance at the University of Lincoln.BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 12 June 2014, Robert Boyle
5 June 2014 	The Bluestockings 	Karen O'Brien, Professor of English Literature at King's College London, Elizabeth Eger, Reader at King's College London Nicole Pohl, Reader in Early Modern Literature and Critical Theory at Oxford Brookes UniversityBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 5 June 2014, The Bluestockings
29 May 2014 	The Talmud 	Philip Alexander, Professor of Post-Biblical Jewish Literature at the University of Manchester Norman Solomon, Rabbi Laliv Clenman,com_qcontacts/catid,10551/id,362/view, contact/ Lecturer in Rabbinic Literature at Leo Baeck College.BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 29 May 2014, The Talmud
22 May 2014 	The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 	Charles Melville, Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge Daniel Karlin, Winterstoke Professor of English at the University of Bristol Kirstie Blair, Professor at the University of StirlingBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 22 May 2014, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
15 May 2014 	Photosynthesis 	Sandra Knapp, the Natural History Museum, London, Nick Lane, at University College London, John F Allen, Professor of Biochemistry at Queen Mary, University of London.BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 15 May 2014, Photosynthesis
8 May 2014 	Second Sino-Japanese War 	Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China; Fellow of St Cross College University of Oxford, Barak Kushner, University of Cambridge, Tehyun Ma, Lecturer in Chinese History at University of Exeter.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 8 May 2014, The Sino-Japanese War
1 May 2014 	The Tale of Sinuhe 	Richard B. Parkinson, Professor of Egyptology and Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, Roland Emmarch, Senior Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, Aidan Dodson, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 1 May 2014, The Tale of Sinuhe
24 April 2014 	Tristram Shandy 	Judith Hawley, Royal Holloway, University of London, John Mullan, University College London, Mary Newbould, University of Cambridge.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 24 April 2014, Tristram Shandy
17 April 2014 	The Domesday Book 	Stephen Baxter, Reader in Medieval History at King's College London, Elisabeth van Houts, Honorary Professor of Medieval European History at the University of Cambridge, David Bates, Professorial Fellow in Medieval History at the University of East Anglia.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 17 April 2014, The Domesday Book
10 April 2014 	Strabo's Geographica 	Paul Cartledge, A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Cambridge, Maria Pretzler, Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at Swansea University, Benet Salway, Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at University College London,BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 10 April 2014, Strabo's Geographica
3 April 2014 	States of Matter 	Andrea Sella, Professor of Materials and Inorganic Chemistry at University College London, Athene Donald, Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Cambridge, Justin Wark, Professor of Physics and Fellow of Trinity College, OxfordBBC Radio 4, In our Time, 3 April 2014, States of Matter
27 March 2014 	Weber's The Protestant Ethic 	Peter Ghosh, Fellow in History at St Anne's College, Oxford Sam Whimster, Honorary Professor in Sociology at the University of New South Wales Linda Woodhead, Professor of Sociology of Religion at Lancaster University.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 27 March 2014, Weber's The Protestant Ethic
20 March 2014 	Bishop Berkeley 	Peter Millican, Gilbert Ryle Fellow and Professor of Philosophy at Hertford College, Oxford, Tom Stoneham, Professor of Philosophy at the University of York, Michela Massimi, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science at the University of Edinburgh.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 20 March 2014, Bishop Berkeley
13 March 2014 	The Trinity 	Janet Soskice, Professor of Philosophical Theology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, Martin Palmer, Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education, and Culture, The Reverend Graham Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and a Canon of Christ Church.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 13 March 2014, The Trinity
6 March 2014 	Spartacus 	Mary Beard, Professor of Classics Newnham College, Cambridge Maria Wyke, Professor of Latin, co-director of the Centre for Research into the Dynamics of Civilisation, University College London Theresa Urbainczyk, Associate Professor of Classics (Scoil na gClasaicí UCD), University College DublinBBC Radio 4, In our Time, 6 March 2014, Spartacus
27 February 2014 	The Eye 	Patricia Fara, Senior Tutor and Director of Studies Clare College, Cambridge William Ayliffe, FRCS PhD, Consultant Ophthalmologist at Lister Hospital, London, Professor at Gresham College Robert Iliffe , Professor of Intellectual History and History of Science, University of Sussex.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 27 February 2014, The Eye
20 February 2014 	Social Darwinism 	Adam Kuper, Centennial Professor of Anthropology at the LSE, University of London Gregory Radick, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds, Charlotte Sleigh, Reader in the History of Science at the University of KentBBC Radio 4, In our Time, 20 February 2014, Social Darwinism
13 February 2014 	Chivalry 	Miri Rubin, Professor of Early Modern History at Queen Mary University of London, Matthew Strickland, Professor at School of Humanities / Sgoil nan Daonnachdan, University of Glasgow, Laura Ashe, University Lecturer and Tutorial Fellow Worcester College, University of OxfordBBC Radio 4, In our Time, 13 February 2014, Chivalry
6 February 2014 	The Phoenicians 	Mark Woolmer, at Durham University Josephine Quinn, Martin Frederiksen Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History, Worcester College, Oxford, Cyprian Broodbank, at University College London.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 6 February 2014, The Phoenicians
30 January 2014 	Catastrophism 	Andrew Scott, Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow in the Department of Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London, Jan Zalasiewicz, Senior Lecturer in Geology at the University of Leicester, Leucha Veneer, Visiting Scholar at the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of ManchesterBBC Radio 4, In our Time, 30 January 2014, Catastrophism
23 January 2014 	Sources of Early Chinese History	Roel Sterckx, Joseph Needham Professorship of Chinese History, Science, and Civilization at the University of Cambridge,Tim Barrett, Professor of East Asian History at SOAS, University of London,Hilde de Weerdt, Professor of Chinese History at Leiden University,BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 23 January 2014, Sources of Early Chinese History
16 January 2014 	The Battle of Tours 	Hugh N. Kennedy, Professor of Arabic at SOAS, University of London, Rosamond McKitterick, Professor of Medieval History, University of Cambridge, Matthew Innes, Vice Master and Professor of History, Birkbeck, University of LondonBBC Radio 4, In our Time, 16 January 2014, The Battle of Tours
3 January 2014 	Plato's Symposium 	Angie Hobbs, Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, Richard L. Hunter, Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge, Frisbee Sheffield, Director of Studies in Philosophy at Christ's College, Cambridge.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 3 January 2014, Plato's Symposium
26 December 2013 	The Medici 	Evelyn Welch, Professor of Renaissance Studies at King's College London, Robert Black, Professor of Renaissance History at the University of Leeds, Catherine Fletcher, Lecturer in Public History at the University of Sheffield.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 26 December 2013, The Medici
19 December 2013 	Complexity 	Ian Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick,Jeff Johnson, Professor of Complexity Science and Design at the Open University,Eve Mitleton-Kelly, Director of the Complexity Research Group at the London School of Economics.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 19 December 2013, Complexity
12 December 2013 	Pliny the Younger 	Catharine Edwards, Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Birkbeck, University of LondonRoy Gibson, Professor of Latin at the University of Manchester,Alice König, Lecturer in Latin and Classical Studies at the University of St Andrews.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 12 December 2013, Pliny the Younger
5 December 2013 	Hindu Ideas of Creation 	Jessica Frazier, Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Kent and a research fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies at the University of Oxford. Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy at Lancaster University. Gavin Flood, Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion at the University of Oxford.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 5 December 2013, Hindu Ideas of Creation
28 November 2013 	The Microscope 	Jim Bennett, Visiting Keeper at the Science Museum, London, Colin Humphreys, Professor of Materials Science and Director of Research at the University of Cambridge, Michelle Peckham, Professor of Cell Biology at the University of Leeds.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 28 November 2013, The Microscope
21 November 2013 	Pocahontas 	Susan Castillo, Harriet Beecher Stowe Emeritus Professor of American Studies at King's College London Tim Lockley, Reader in American Studies at the University of Warwick, Jacqueline Fear-Segal, Reader in American History and Culture at the University of East Anglia.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 21 November 2013, Pocahontas
14 November 2013 	The Tempest 	Jonathan Bate, Provost of Worcester College, Oxford, Erin Sullivan, Lecturer and Fellow at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, Katherine Duncan-Jones, emeritus fellow of Somerville College, Oxford.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 14 November 2013, The Tempest
7 November 2013 	Ordinary Language Philosophy 	Stephen Mulhall, Professor of Philosophy at New College, Oxford, Ray Monk, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton, Julia Tanney, Reader in Philosophy of Mind at the University of Kent.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 7 November 2013, Ordinary Language Philosophy
31 October 2013 	The Berlin Conference 	Richard Ayton, Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at King's College London, Richard Rathbone, Emeritus Professor of African History at SOAS, University of London, Joanna Lewis, assistant professor of Imperial History at the London School of Economics, University of London.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 31 Oct 2013, The Berlin Conference
24 October 2013 	The Corn laws 	Lawrence Goldman, Fellow in Modern History at St Peter's College, Oxford, Boyd Hilton, Former Professor of Modern British History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, Reader in Political Science at the London School of Economics.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 24 Oct 2013, The Corn laws
17 October 2013 	The Book of Common Prayer 	Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford, Alexandra Walsham, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge,British Academy for the humanities and social sciences, Professor Alexandra Walsham Professor of Reformation History, University of Exeter Martin Palmer, Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education, and Culture.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 17 Oct 2013, The Book of Common Prayer
10 October 2013 	Galen 	Vivian Nutton, Emeritus Professor of the History of Medicine at University College London,Helen King, Professor of Classical Studies at the Open University, Caroline Petit, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Classics at the University of Warwick.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, Galen
3 October 2013 	Exoplanets 	Carolin Crawford, Gresham Professor of Astronomy and a member of the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge,Don Pollacco, Professor of Astronomy at the University of Warwick,Suzanne Aigrain, Lecturer in Astrophysics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, Exoplanets
26 September 2013 	The Mamluks 	Amira Bennison, Reader in the History and Culture of the Maghrib at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge,Robert Irwin, Former Senior Research Associate in the Department of History at SOAS, University of London, Doris Behrens-Abouseif, Nasser Khalili, Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology at SOAS, University of London.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, The Marmaluks
19 September 2013 	Blaise Pascal 	David Wootton, Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York,Michael Moriarty, Professor of French at the University of Cambridge,Michela Massimi, Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy of Science at the University of Edinburgh.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, Blaise Pascal
===2012–2013===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
4 July 2013 	The Invention of Radio 	Simon Schaffer, Professor of the History of Science at the University of Cambridge, Elizabeth Bruton, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Leeds, John Liffen, Curator of Communications at the Science Museum, London.BBC Radio 4, 4 July 2013. In Our Time - The Invention of Radio
27 June 2013 	Romance of the Three Kingdoms	Frances Wood, Former Lead Curator of Chinese Collections at the British Library, Craig Clunas, Professor of the History of Art at the University of Oxford, Margaret Hillenbrand, University Lecturer in Modern Chinese Literature at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Wadham College.BBC Radio 4, 27 June 2013. In Our Time - Romance of the Three Kingdoms
20 June 2013 	The Physiocrats 	Richard Whatmore, Professor of Intellectual History & the History of Political Thought at the University of Sussex, Joel Felix, Professor of History at the University of Reading, Helen Paul, Lecturer in Economics and Economic History at the University of Southampton.BBC Radio 4, 20 June 2013. In Our Time - The Physiocrats
13 June 2013 	Prophecy 	Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies at the University of Edinburgh, Justin Meggitt, University Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religion and the Origins of Christianity at the University of Cambridge, Jonathan Stökl, Post-Doctoral Researcher at Leiden University.BBC Radio 4, 13 June 2013. In Our Time - Prophecy
6 June 2013 	Relativity 	Ruth Gregory, Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Durham University, Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge, Roger Penrose, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford.BBC Radio 4, 6 June 2013. In Our Time - Relativity
30 May 2013 	Queen Zenobia 	Edith Hall, Professor of Classics at King's College London, Kate Cooper, Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manchester, Richard Stoneman, Honorary Visiting Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter.BBC Radio 4, 30 May 2013. In Our Time - Queen Zenobia
23 May 2013 	Lévi-Strauss 	Adam Kuper, Visiting Professor of Anthropology at Boston University, Christina Howells, Professor of French at Oxford University, Vincent Debaene, associate professor of French Literature at Columbia University.BBC Radio 4, 23 May 2013. In Our Time - Lévi-Strauss
16 May 2013 	Cosmic Rays 	Carolin Crawford, Gresham Professor of Astronomy and a member of the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge, Alan Watson, Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Leeds, Tim Greenshaw, Professor of Physics at the University of Liverpool.BBC Radio 4, 16 May 2013. In Our Time - Cosmic Rays
9 May 2013 	Icelandic Sagas 	Carolyne Larrington, Fellow and Tutor in Medieval English Literature at St John's College, Oxford, Elizabeth Ashman Rowe, Lecturer in Scandinavian History at the University of Cambridge, Emily Lethbridge, Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in Reykjavík.BBC Radio 4, 9 May 2013. In Our Time - Icelandic Sagas
2 May 2013 	Gnosticism 	Martin Palmer, Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education, and Culture, Caroline Humfress, Reader in History at Birkbeck College, University of London, Alastair Logan, Honorary University Fellow of the Department of Theology and Religion at the University of Exeter.BBC Radio 4, 2 May 2013. In Our Time - Gnosticism
25 April 2013 	Montaigne 	David Wootton, Anniversary Professor of History at York University, Terence Cave, Emeritus Professor of French Literature at the University of Oxford, Felicity Green, Chancellor's Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh.BBC Radio 4, 25 April 2013. In Our Time - Montaigne
18 April 2013 	Putney Debates 	Justin Champion, Professor of the History of Early Modern Ideas at Royal Holloway, University of London, Ann Hughes, Professor of Early Modern History at Keele University, Kate Peters, Fellow in History at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.BBC Radio 4, 18 April 2013. In Our Time - Putney Debates
11 April 2013 	Amazons 	Paul Cartledge, A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University, Chiara Franceschini, Teaching Fellow at University College London and an Academic Assistant at the Warburg Institute, Caroline Vout, University Senior Lecturer in Classics and Fellow and Director of Studies at Christ's College, Cambridge.BBC Radio 4, 11 April 2013. In Our Time - Amazons
4 April 2013 	Japan's Sakoku Period 	Richard Bowring, Emeritus Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Cambridge, Andrew Cobbing, associate professor of History at the University of Nottingham, Rebekah Clements, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at Imperial College London.BBC Radio 4, 4 April 2013. In Our Time - Japan's Sakoku Period
28 March 2013 	Water 	Hasok Chang, Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, Andrea Sella, Professor of Chemistry at University College London, Patricia Hunt, research fellow of Queens' College and Research Associate at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge.BBC Radio 4, 28 March 2013. In Our Time - Water
21 March 2013 	Alfred Russel Wallace 	Steve Jones, Emeritus Professor of Genetics at University College London, George Beccaloni, Curator of Cockroaches and Related Insects and Director of the Wallace Correspondence Project at the Natural History Museum, Ted Benton, Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex.BBC Radio 4, 21 March 2013. In Our Time - Alfred Russel Wallace
14 March 2013 	Chekhov 	Catriona Kelly, Professor of Russian at the University of Oxford,Cynthia Marsh, Emeritus Professor of Russian ama and Literature at the University of Nottingham,Rosamund Bartlett, Founding Director of the Anton Chekhov Foundation and former Reader in Russian at the University of Durham.BBC Radio 4, 14 March 2013. In Our Time - Chekhov
7 March 2013 	Absolute Zero 	Simon Schaffer, Professor of the History of Science at the University of Cambridge, Stephen Blundell, Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford, Nicola Wilkin, Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Birmingham.BBC Radio 4, 7 March 2013. In Our Time - Absolute Zero
28 February 2013 	Pitt Rivers 	Adam Kuper, Visiting Professor of Anthropology at Boston University, Richard Bradley, Professor in Archaeology at the University of Reading, Dan Hicks, University Lecturer & Curator of Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford.BBC Radio 4, 28 February 2013. In Our Time - Pitt Rivers
21 February 2013 	Decline and Fall 	David Bradshaw, Professor of English Literature at Worcester College, Oxford, John Bowen, Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of York, Ann Pasternak Slater, senior research fellow at St Anne's College, Oxford.BBC Radio 4, 21 February 2013. In Our Time - Decline and Fall
14 February 2013 	Ice Ages 	Jane Francis, Professor of Paleoclimatology at the University of Leeds, Richard Corfield, research fellow in Geology at the University of Oxford, Carrie Lear, Senior Lecturer in Palaeoceanography at Cardiff University.BBC Radio 4, 14 February 2013. In Our Time - Ice Ages
7 February 2013 	Epicureanism 	Angie Hobbs, Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, David Sedley, Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, James Warren, Reader in Ancient Philosophy at the University of CambridgeBBC Radio 4, 7 February 2013. In Our Time - Epicureanism
31 January 2013 	The War of 1812 	Kathleen Burk, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at University College London, Lawrence Goldman, Fellow in Modern History at St Peter's College, University of Oxford, Frank Cogliano, Professor of American History at the University of Edinburgh.BBC Radio 4, 31 January 2013. In Our Time - The War of 1812
24 January 2013 	Romulus and Remus 	Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, Peter Wiseman, Emeritus Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter, Tim Cornell, Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manchester.BBC Radio 4, 24 January 2013. In Our Time - Romulus and Remus
17 January 2013 	Comets 	Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open University, Paul Murdin, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge, Don Pollacco, Professor of Astronomy at the University of Warwick.BBC Radio 4, 17 January 2013. In Our Time - Comets
10 January 2013 	Le Morte d'Arthur 	Helen Cooper, Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge, Helen Fulton, Professor of Medieval Literature and Head of Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York, Laura Ashe, CUF Lecturer and Tutorial Fellow at Worcester College at the University of Oxford.BBC Radio 4, 10 January 2013. In Our Time - Le Morte d'Arthur
27 December 2012 	The Cult of Mithras 	Greg Woolf, Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews, Almut Hintze, Zartoshty Professor of Zoroastrianism at SOAS, University of London, John North, Acting Director of the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London.BBC Radio 4, 27 December 2012. In Our Time - The Cult of Mithras
20 December 2012 	The South Sea Bubble 	Anne Murphy, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Hertfordshire, Helen Paul, Lecturer in Economics and Economic History at the University of Southampton, Roey Sweet, Head of the School of History at the University of Leicester.BBC Radio 4, 20 December 2012. In Our Time - The South Sea Bubble
13 December 2012 	Shahnameh of Ferdowsi 	Narguess Farzad, Senior Fellow in Persian at SOAS, University of London, Charles Melville, Professor of Persian History at Pembroke College, Cambridge, Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Curator of Middle Eastern Coins at the British Museum.BBC Radio 4, 13 December 2012. In Our Time - Shahnameh of Ferdowsi
6 December 2012 	Bertrand Russell 	AC Grayling, Master of the New College of the Humanities and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford, Mike Beaney, Professor of Philosophy at the University of York, Hilary Greaves, Lecturer in Philosophy and Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford.BBC Radio 4, 6 December 2012. In Our Time - Bertrand Russell
29 November 2012 	Crystallography 	Judith Howard, Director of the Biophysical Sciences Institute and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Durham, Chris Hammond, Life Fellow in Material Science at the University of Leeds, Mike Glazer, Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and Visiting Professor of Physics at the University of Warwick.BBC Radio 4, 29 November 2012. In Our Time - Crystallography
22 November 2012 	The Borgias 	Evelyn Welch, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, Catherine Fletcher, Lecturer in Public History at the University of Sheffield, Christine Shaw, Honorary Research Fellow at Swansea University.BBC Radio 4, 22 November 2012. In Our Time - The Borgias
15 November 2012 	Simone Weil 	Beatrice Han-Pile, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex, Stephen Plant, Runcie Fellow and Dean of Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge, David Levy, Teaching Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.BBC Radio 4, 15 November 2012. In Our Time - Simone Weil
8 November 2012 	The Upanishads 	Jessica Frazier, Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Kent and a research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies at the University of Oxford, Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy at Lancaster University, Simon Brodbeck, Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Cardiff.BBC Radio 4, 08 November 2012. In Our Time - The Upanishads
01 November 2012 	The Anarchy 	John Gillingham, Emeritus Professor of History at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Louise Wilkinson, Reader in Medieval History at Canterbury Christ Church University, David Carpenter, Professor of Medieval History at King's College London.BBC Radio 4, 01 November 2012. In Our Time - The Anarchy
25 October 2012 	Fermat's Last Theorem 	Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics & Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford, Vicky Neale, Fellow and Director of Studies in Mathematics at Murray Edwards College at the University of Cambridge, Samir Siksek, Professor at the Mathematics Institute at the University of WarwickBBC Radio 4, 25 October 2012. In Our Time - Fermat's Last Theorem
18 October 2012 	Caxton and the Printing Press	Richard Gameson, Professor of the History of the Book at the University of Durham, Julia Boffey, Professor of Medieval Studies in the English Department at Queen Mary, University of London, David Rundle, Member of the History Faculty at the University of OxfordBBC Radio 4, 18 October 2012. In Our Time - Hannibal
11 October 2012 	Hannibal 	Ellen O'Gorman, Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Bristol, Mark Woolmer, Senior Tutor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Durham, Louis Rawlings, Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at Cardiff UniversityBBC Radio 4, 11 October 2012. In Our Time - Hannibal
4 October 2012 	Gerald of Wales 	Henrietta Leyser, Emeritus Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford, Michelle Brown, Professor Emerita of Medieval Manuscript Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, Huw Pryce, Professor of Welsh History at Bangor UniversityBBC Radio 4, 4 October 2012. In Our Time - Gerald of Wales
27 September 2012 	The Ontological Argument 	John Haldane Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews,Peter Millican, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford,Clare Carlisle, Lecturer in Philosophy of religion at King's College London,BBC Radio 4, 27 September 2012. In Our Time - The Ontological Argument
20 September 2012 	The Druids 	Barry Cunliffe, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Oxford,Miranda Aldhouse-Green, Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University, Justin Champion, Professor of the History of Early Modern Ideas at Royal Holloway, University of LondonBBC Radio 4, 20 September 2012. In Our Time - The uids
13 September 2012 	The Cell 	Steve Jones Professor of Genetics at University College London,Cathie Martin, MBE,John Innes Centre - Newd. Prof Cathie Martin made an MBE Group Leader at the John Innes Centre and Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of East Anglia, Nick Lane, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College LondonBBC Radio 4, 13 September 2012. In Our Time
===2011–2012===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
12 July 2012 	Hadrian's Wall 	Greg Woolf, Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews David Breeze, Former Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Scotland and Visiting Professor of Archaeology at the University of Durham Lindsay Allason-Jones, Former Reader in Roman Material Culture at the University of NewcastleBBC Radio 4, In our Time, 12 July 2012, Hadrian's Wall
5 July 2012 	Scepticism 	Peter Millican, Professor of Philosophy at Hertford College, Oxford, Melissa Lane, Professor of Politics at Princeton University, Jill Kraye, Professor of the History of Renaissance Philosophy and Librarian at the Warburg Institute, University of London.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 5 July 2012, Scepticism
28 June 2012 	Al-Kindi 	Hugh Kennedy, Professor of Arabic at SOAS, University of London, James Montgomery, Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic Elect at the University of Cambridge, Amira Bennison, Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 28 June 2012, Al-Kindi
21 June 2012 	Annie Besant 	Lawrence Goldman, Fellow in Modern History at St Peter's College, Oxford, David Stack, Reader in History at the University of Reading, Yasmin Khan, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 21 June 2012, Annie Besant
14 June 2012 	James Joyce's Ulysses 	Steven Connor, Professor of Modern Literature and Theory at Birkbeck, University of London, Jeri Johnson, Senior Fellow in English at Exeter College, Oxford, Richard Brown, Reader in Modern English Literature at the University of Leeds.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 14 June 2012, James Joyce's Ulysses
7 June 2012 	King Solomon 	Martin Palmer, Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education, and Culture, Philip Alexander, Emeritus Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester, Katharine Dell, Senior Lecturer in Old Testament Studies at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 7 June 2012, King Solomon
31 May 2012 	The Trojan War 	Edith Hall, Professor of Classics at King's College London, Ellen Adams, Lecturer in Classical Art and Archaeology at King's College London, Susan Sherratt, Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Sheffield.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 31 May 2012, The Trojan War
24 May 2012 	Marco Polo 	Frances Wood, Lead Curator of Chinese Collections at the British Library, Joan Pau Rubies, Reader in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Debra Higgs Strickland, Senior Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Glasgow.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 24 May 2012, Marco Polo
17 May 2012 	Clausewitz and On War 	Saul David, Professor of War Studies at the University of Buckingham, Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford, Beatrice Heuser, Professor of International Relations at the University of Reading.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 17 May 2012, Clausewitz and On War
10 May 2012 	Game Theory 	Ian Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, Andrew Colman, Professor of Psychology at the University of Leicester, Richard Bradley, Professor of Philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 10 May 2012, Game Theory
3 May 2012 	Voltaire's Candide 	David Wootton, Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York, Nicholas Cronk, Professor of French Literature and Director of the Voltaire Foundation at the University of Oxford, Caroline Warman, Lecturer in French and Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 3 May 2012, Voltaire's Candide
26 April 2012 	Battle of Bosworth Field 	Anne Curry, Professor of Medieval History and Dean of Humanities at the University of Southampton, Steven Gunn, Tutor and Fellow in Modern History at Merton College, Oxford, David Grummitt, Lecturer in British History at the University of Kent.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 26 April 2012, Battle of Bosworth Field
19 April 2012 	Neoplatonism 	Angie Hobbs, associate professor of Philosophy and Senior Fellow in the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, Peter Adamson, Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at King's College London, Anne Sheppard, Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 19 April 2012, Neoplatonism
12 April 2012 	Early Geology 	Stephen Pumfrey, Senior Lecturer in the History of Science at Lancaster University, Andrew Scott, Professor of Applied Palaeobotany at Royal Holloway, University of London, Leucha Veneer, Research Associate at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Manchester.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 12 April 2012, Early Geology
5 April 2012 	George Fox and the Quakers 	Justin Champion, Professor of the History of Early Modern Ideas at Royal Holloway, University of London, John Coffey, Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, Kate Peters, Fellow in History at Murray Edwards College at the University of Cambridge.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 5 April 2012, Quakers
29 March 2012 	The Measurement of Time 	Kristen Lippincott, Former Director of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Jim Bennett, Director of the Museum of the History of Science at the University of Oxford, Jonathan Betts, Senior Curator of Horology at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 29 March 2012, The Measurement of Time
22 March 2012 	Moses Mendelssohn 	Christopher Clark, Professor of Modern European History at the University of Cambridge, Abigail Green, Tutor and Fellow in History at the University of Oxford, Adam Sutcliffe, Senior Lecturer in European History at King's College, London.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 22 March 2012, Moses Mendelssohn
15 March 2012 	Vitruvius and De Architectura 	Serafina Cuomo, Reader in Roman History at Birkbeck, University of London, Robert Tavernor, Emeritus Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the London School of Economics, Alice Koenig, Lecturer in Latin and Classical Studies at the University of St Andrews.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 15 March 2012, Vitruvius and De Architectura
8 March 2012 	Lyrical Ballads 	Judith Hawley, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, Jonathan Bate, Provost of Worcester College, Oxford, Peter Swaab, Reader in English Literature at University College London.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 8 March 2012, Lyrical Ballads
1 March 2012 	Benjamin Franklin 	Simon Middleton, Senior Lecturer in American History at the University of Sheffield, Simon Newman, Sir Denis Brogan Professor of American History at the University of Glasgow, Patricia Fara, Senior Tutor at Clare College, Cambridge.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 1 March 2012, Benjamin Franklin
23 February 2012 	Conductors and Semiconductors 	Frank Close, Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford, Jenny Nelson, Professor of Physics at Imperial College London, Lesley Cohen, Professor of Solid State Physics at Imperial College LondonBBC Radio 4, In our Time, 23 February 2012, Conductors
16 February 2012 	The An Lushan Rebellion 	Frances Wood, Lead Curator of Chinese at the British Library, Naomi Standen, Professor of Medieval History at the University of Birmingham, Hilde de Weerdt, Fellow and Lecturer in Chinese History at Pembroke College, Oxford.BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 16 February 2012, The An Lushan Rebellion
9 February 2012 	Erasmus 	Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford, Eamon Duffy, Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Cambridge, Jill Kraye, Professor of the History of Renaissance Philosophy and Librarian at the Warburg Institute, University of LondonBBC Radio 4, In our Time, 9 February 2012, Erasmus
2 February 2012 	The Kama Sutra 	Julius Lipner, Professor of Hinduism and the Comparative Study of Religion at the University of Cambridge, Jessica Frazier, Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Kent and research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, David Smith, Reader in South Asian Religions at the University of LancasterBBC Radio 4, In our Time, 2 February 2012, The Kama Sutra
26 January 2012 	The Scientific method 	Simon Schaffer, Professor of the History of Science at the University of Cambridge, John Worrall, Professor of the Philosophy of Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Michela Massimi, Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy of Science at University College London.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 26 January 2012, The Scientific method
19 January 2012 	1848: Year of Revolution 	Tim Blanning, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Cambridge, Lucy Riall, Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London, Mike Rapport, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Stirling.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 19 January 2012, 1848: Year of Revolution
12 January 2012 	The Safavid Dynasty 	Robert Gleave, Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of Exeter, Emma Loosley, Senior Lecturer at the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures at the University of Manchester, Andrew Newman, Reader in Islamic Studies and Persian at the University of Edinburgh.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 12 January 2012, The Safavid Dynasty
2–6 January 2012 	The Written World 	Documentary series
*Programme 1: The Technology and Early Development of Writing
*Programme 2: The Evolution of Writing and the Invention of the Book
*Programme 3: Writing and Religion
*Programme 4: Literature
*Programme 5: The Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment
29 December 2011 	Macromolecules 	Tony Ryan, Pro-Vice Chancellor for the Faculty of Science at the University of Sheffield, Athene Donald, Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Robinson College, Charlotte Williams, Reader in Polymer Chemistry and Catalysis at Imperial College, London.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 29 December 2011, Macromolecules
22 December 2011 	Robinson Crusoe 	Karen O'Brien, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education at the University of Birmingham, Judith Hawley, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, Bob Owens, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the Open University.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 22 December 2011, Robinson Crusoe
15 December 2011 	The Concordat of Worms 	Henrietta Leyser, Emeritus Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford, Kate Cushing, Reader in Medieval History at Keele University, John Gillingham, Emeritus Professor of History at the London School of Economics and Political Science.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 15 December 2011, The Concordat of Worms
8 December 2011 	Heraclitus 	Angie Hobbs, associate professor of Philosophy and Senior Fellow in the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, Peter Adamson, Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at King's College London, James Warren, Senior Lecturer in Classics and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, CambridgeBBC Radio 4, In our Time, 8 December 2011, Heraclitus
1 December 2011 	Christina Rossetti 	Dinah Birch, Professor of English Literature and Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research at Liverpool University, Rhian Williams, Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century English Literature at the University of Glasgow, Nicholas Shrimpton, Emeritus Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 1 December 2011, Christina Rossetti
24 November 2011 	Judas Maccabeus 	Helen Bond, Senior Lecturer in the New Testament at University of Edinburgh, Tessa Rajak, Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Reading, Philip Alexander, Emeritus Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 24 November 2011, Ptolemy and Ancient Astronomy
17 November 2011 	Ptolemy and Ancient Astronomy 	Liba Taub, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University, Jim Bennett, Director of the Museum of the History of Science at the University of Oxford, Charles Burnett, Professor of the History of Islamic Influences on Europe at the Warburg Institute, University of LondonBBC Radio 4, In our Time, 17 November 2011, Ptolemy and Ancient Astronomy
10 November 2011 	The Continental-Analytic Split 	Stephen Mulhall, Professor of Philosophy at New College, Oxford, Beatrice Han-Pile, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex, Hans Johann-Glock, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Zurich.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 10 November 2011, The Continental-Analytic Split
3 November 2011 	The Moon 	Paul Murdin, Visiting Professor of Astronomy at Liverpool John Moores University, Carolin Crawford, Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College and Fellow and College Lecturer at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, Ian Crawford, Reader in Planetary Science and Astrobiology at Birkbeck College, London.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 3 November 2011, The Moon
27 October 2011 	The Siege of Tenochtitlan 	Alan Knight, Professor of the History of Latin America at the University of Oxford, Elizabeth Graham, Professor of Mesoamerican Archaeology at University College, London, Caroline Dodds Pennock, Lecturer in International History at the University of Sheffield.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 27 October 2011, The Siege of Tenochtitlan
20 October 2011 	Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People	Tim Blanning, Former Professor of Modern European History at the University of Cambridge, Tamar Garb, Durning Lawrence Professor in the History of Art at University College London, Simon Lee, Senior Lecturer on the history of art at Reading University.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 20 October 2011, Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People
13 October 2011 	The Ming Voyages 	Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford, Julia Lovell, Lecturer in Chinese History at Birkbeck College, University of London, Craig Clunas, Professor of the History of Art at the University of Oxford.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 13 October 2011, The Ming Voyages
6 October 2011 	David Hume 	Peter Millican, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, Helen Beebee, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, James Harris, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 6 October 2011, David Hume
29 September 2011 	The Etruscan Civilisation 	Phil Perkins, Professor of Archaeology at the Open University, David Ridgway, senior research fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies at the University of London, Corinna Riva, Lecturer in Mediterranean Archaeology at University College London.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 27 September 2011, The Etruscan Civilisation
22 September 2011 	Shinto 	Martin Palmer, Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education, and Culture, Richard Bowring, Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Cambridge, Lucia Dolce, Senior Lecturer in Japanese Religion and Japanese at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.BBC Radio 4, In our Time, 22 September 2011, Shinto
15 September 2011 	The Hippocratic Oath 	Vivian Nutton, Emeritus Professor of the History of Medicine at University College London, Helen King, Professor of Classical Studies at the Open University, Peter Pormann, Wellcome Trust Associate Professor in Classics and Ancient History at the University of WarwickBBC Radio 4, In our Time, 15 September 2011, The Hippocratic Oath
===2010–2011===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
7 July 2011 	The Minoan Civilisation 	John Bennet, Professor of Aegean Archaeology at Sheffield University,Ellen Adams, Lecturer in Classical Art and Archaeology at King's College London,Yannis Hamilakis, Professor of Archaeology at the University of SouthamptonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 7 July 2011, The Minoan Civilisation
30 June 2011 	Tennyson's In Memoriam 	Dinah Birch, Professor of English Literature and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at Liverpool University,Seamus Perry, Fellow and Tutor in English at Balliol College, University of Oxford,Jane Wright, Lecturer in English at the University of Bristol
23 June 2011 	Malthusianism 	Karen O'Brien, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education at the University of Birmingham,Mark Philp, Lecturer in Politics at the University of Oxford,Emma Griffin, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of East AngliaBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 23 June 2011, Malthusianism
16 June 2011 	John Wycliff and the Lollards 	Anthony Kenny, Philosopher and former Master of Balliol College, Oxford Anne Hudson, Emeritus Professor of Medieval English at the University of Oxford, Rob Lutton, Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Nottingham
9 June 2011 	The Origins of Infectious Disease 	Steve Jones, Professor of Genetics at University College London, Roy Anderson, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Imperial College London, Mark Pallen, Professor of Microbial Genomics at the University of Birmingham.BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 9 June 2011, The Origins of Infectious Disease
2 June 2011 	Battle of Stamford Bridge 	John Hines, Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University,Elizabeth Ashman Rowe, Lecturer in Scandinavian History of the Viking Age at Clare Hall, Cambridge,Stephen Baxter, Reader in Medieval History at King's College LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 2 June 2011, Battle of Stamford Bridge
26 May 2011 	Xenophon 	Paul Cartledge, A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University, Edith Hall, Professor of Classics and ama at Royal Holloway, University of London, Simon Goldhill, Professor in Greek Literature and Culture at the University of Cambridge and Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at King's College LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 26 May 2011, Xenophon
19 May 2011 	Custer's Last Stand 	Kathleen Burk, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at University College LondonAdam Smith, Senior Lecturer in American History at University College LondonSaul David, Professor of War Studies at the University of BuckinghamBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 19. May 2011, Custer's Last Stand
12 May 2011 	The Anatomy of Melancholy 	Julie Sanders, Professor of English Literature and ama at the University of NottinghamMary Ann Lund, Lecturer in English at the University of LeicesterErin Sullivan, Lecturer and Fellow at the Shakespeare Institute at the University of BirminghamBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 12. May 2011, The Anatomy of Melancholy
5 May 2011 	Islamic Law and its Origins 	Hugh Kennedy, Professor of Arabic in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of LondonRobert Gleave, Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of ExeterMona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of GlasgowBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 5. May 2011, Islamic Law and its Origins
28 April 2011 	Cogito Ergo Sum 	Susan James, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of LondonJohn Cottingham, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Reading and Professorial Research Fellow at Heythrop College, University of LondonStephen Mulhall, Professor of Philosophy at the University of OxfordBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 28. April, Cogito Ergo Sum
21 April 2011 	The Pelagian Controversy 	Martin Palmer, Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education, and CultureCaroline Humfress, Reader in History at Birkbeck College, University of LondonJohn Milbank, Professor in Religion, Politics and Ethics and the Director of the Centre for Theology and Philosophy at Nottingham UniversityBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 21 April 2011, The Pelagian Controversy
14 April 2011 	The Neutrino 	Frank Close, Professor of Physics at Exeter College at the University of OxfordSusan Cartwright, Senior Lecturer in Particle Physics and Astrophysics at the University of SheffieldDavid Wark, Professor of Particle Physics at Imperial College, London, and the Rutherford Appleton LaboratoryBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 14 April 2011, The Neutrino
7 April 2011 	Octavia Hill 	Dinah Birch, Professor of English Literature and Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research at Liverpool UniversityLawrence Goldman, Fellow in Modern History at St Peter's College, OxfordGillian Darley, Historian and biographer of Octavia HillBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 7 April 2011, Octavia Hill
31 March 2011 	The Bhagavad Gita 	Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy at Lancaster UniversityJulius J. Lipner, Professor of Hinduism and the Comparative Study of Religion and Fellow of Clare Hall, CambridgeJessica Frazier, research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and Lecturer in Religious Studies at Regent's College, LondonBBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 31 March 2011, The Bhagavad Gita
24 March 2011 	The Dawn of the Iron Age 	Barry Cunliffe, Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology at the University of OxfordSue Hamilton, Professor of Prehistory at University College LondonTimothy Champion, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton
17 March 2011 	The Medieval University 	Miri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Queen Mary, University of LondonIan Wei, Senior Lecturer in Medieval European History at the University of BristolPeter Denley, Reader in History at Queen Mary, University of London
10 March 2011 	Free Will (500th programme) 	Simon Blackburn, Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy at the University of CambridgeHelen Beebee, Professor of Philosophy at the University of BirminghamGalen Strawson, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading
3 March 2011 	The Age of the Universe 	Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of CambridgeCarolin Crawford, Member of the Institute of Astronomy and Fellow of Emmanuel College at the University of CambridgeCarlos Frenk, Director of the Institute for Computational Cosmology at the University of Durham
24 February 2011 	The Taiping Rebellion 	Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of OxfordFrances Wood, Head of the Chinese Section at the British LibraryJulia Lovell, Lecturer in Chinese History at Birkbeck, University of London
17 February 2011 	Maimonides 	John Joseph Haldane, Professor of Philosophy at the University of St AndrewsSarah Stroumsa Alice and Jack Ormut Professor of Arabic Studies and currently Rector at the Hebrew University of JerusalemPeter Adamson, Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at King's College London
10 February 2011 	The Nervous System 	Colin Blakemore, Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford Vivian Nutton, Emeritus Professor of the History of Medicine at University College, LondonTilli Tansey, Professor of the History of Modern Medical Sciences at Queen Mary, University of London
3 February 2011 	The Battle of Bannockburn 	Matthew Strickland, Professor of Medieval History at the University of Glasgow Fiona Watson, Honorary Research Fellow in History at the University of DundeeMichael Brown, Reader in History at the University of St Andrews
27 January 2011 	Aristotle's Poetics 	Angie Hobbs, associate professor of Philosophy and Senior Fellow in the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Warwick Nick Lowe, Reader in Classical Literature at Royal Holloway, University of LondonStephen Halliwell, Professor of Greek at the University of St Andrews
20 January 2011 	The Mexican Revolution 	Alan Knight, Professor of the History of Latin America at the University of Oxford Paul Garner, Cowdray Professor of Spanish at the University of LeedsPatience Schell, Senior Lecturer in Latin American Cultural Studies at the University of Manchester
13 January 2011 	Random and Pseudorandom 	Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford Colva Roney-Dougal, Senior Lecturer in Pure Mathematics at the University of St Andrews Timothy Gowers, Royal Society Research Professor in Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
6 January 2011 	Childe Harold's Pilgrimage 	Jonathan Bate, Professor of English Literature at the University of WarwickJane Stabler, Reader in Romanticism at the University of St AndrewsEmily Bernhard Jackson. Assistant Professor in Nineteenth-Century English Literature at the University of Arkansas
30 December 2010 	Consequences of the Industrial Revolution	Jane Humphries, Professor of Economic History and Fellow of All Souls College, University of OxfordEmma Griffin, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of East Anglia Lawrence Goldman, Fellow and Tutor in History at St Peter's College, University of Oxford
23 December 2010 	The Industrial Revolution 	Jeremy Black, Professor of History at the University of ExeterPat Hudson, Professor Emerita of History at Cardiff UniversityWilliam Ashworth, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Liverpool
16 December 2010 	Daoism 	Tim Barrett, Professor of East Asian History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of LondonMartin Palmer, Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and CultureHilde De Weerdt, Fellow and Tutor in Chinese History at Pembroke College, University of Oxford
9 December 2010 	Thomas Edison 	Simon Schaffer, Professor of the History of Science, University of Cambridge Kathleen Burk, Professor of History, University College London Iwan Morus, Reader in History, University of Aberystwyth
2 December 2010 	Cleopatra 	Catharine Edwards, Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Birkbeck, University of LondonMaria Wyke, Professor of Latin at University College LondonSusan Walker, Keeper of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford
25 November 2010 	The History of Metaphor 	Steven Connor, Professor of Modern Literature and Theory at Birkbeck, University of London Tom Healy, Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of SussexJulie Sanders, Professor of English Literature and ama at the University of Nottingham
18 November 2010 	Foxe's Book of Martyrs 	Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of Church history at the University of OxfordJustin Champion, Professor of the History of Early Modern Ideas at Royal Holloway, University of London,Elizabeth Evenden, Lecturer in Book History at Brunel University,BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 18 November 2010, Foxe's Book of Martyrs
11 November 2010 	The Volga Vikings 	James Montgomery. Professor of Classical Arabic at the University of Cambridge,Neil Price, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen,Elizabeth Ashman Rowe , Lecturer in Scandinavian History of the Viking Age at Clare Hall, Cambridge,BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 11 November 2010, Women and Enlightenment Science
4 November 2010 	Women and Enlightenment Science 	Patricia Fara, Senior Tutor at Clare College, Cambridge,Karen O'Brien , Professor of English at the University of Warwick,Judith Hawley , Professor of 18th Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London,BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 4 November 2010, Women and Enlightenment Science
28 October 2010 	The Unicorn 	Juliette Wood , Associate Lecturer in Folklore at Cardiff University,Lauren Kassell , Lecturer in the History and philosophy of science at the University of Cambridge, David Ekserdjian , Professor of the History of Art and Film at the University of Leicester,BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 28 October 2010, The Unicorn
21 October 2010 	History of Logic 	A.C. Grayling, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London,Peter Millican, Gilbert Ryle Fellow in Philosophy at Hertford College, OxfordRosanna Keefe , Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield.BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 21 October 2010, History of Logic
14 October 2010 	Sturm und Drang 	T. C. W. Blanning, Emeritus Professor of Modern European History at Cambridge University,Susanne Kord , Professor of German at University College, LondonMaike Oergel , associate professor of German at the University of Nottingham.BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 14 October 2010, Sturm und ang
7 October 2010 	The Spanish Armada 	Diane Purkiss, Fellow and Tutor at Keble College, Oxford, Maria Jose Rodriguez-Salgado, Professor in International History at the London School of Economics, Nicholas Rodger, senior research fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 7 October 2010, The Spanish Armada
30 September 2010 	The Delphic Oracle 	Paul Cartledge, A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University, Edith Hall, Professor of Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London, Nick Lowe, Reader in Classical Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London.BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 30 September 2010, The Delphic Oracle
23 September 2010 	Imaginary numbers 	Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, Ian Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, Caroline Series, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick.BBC Radio 4, In Our Time, 23 September 2010, Imaginary numbers
===2009–2010===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
8 July 2010 	Pliny's Natural History (Pliny) 	Serafina Cuomo, Reader in Roman History at Birkbeck, University of LondonAude Doody, Lecturer in Classics at University College, DublinLiba Taub, Reader in the History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University
1 July 2010 	Athelstan 	Sarah Foot, Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Christ Church, OxfordJohn Hines, Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff UniversityRichard Gameson, Professor of the History of the Book at Durham University
24 June 2010 	Antarctica 	Jane Francis, Professor of Paleoclimatology at the University of LeedsJulian Dowdeswell, Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute and Professor of Physical Geography at the University of CambridgeDavid Walton, Emeritus Professor at the British Antarctic Survey and Visiting Professor at the University of Liverpool.
17 June 2010 	The Neanderthals 	Simon Conway Morris, Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology at the University of CambridgeChris Stringer, Research Leader in Human Origins at the Natural History Museum and Visiting Professor at Royal Holloway, University of LondonDanielle Schreve, Reader in Physical Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London
10 June 2010 	Al-Biruni 	James Montgomery, Professor of Classical Arabic at the University of CambridgeHugh Kennedy, Professor of Arabic in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of LondonAmira Bennison, Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge
3 June 2010 	Edmund Burke 	Karen O'Brien, Professor of English at the University of WarwickRichard Bourke, Senior Lecturer in History at Queen Mary, University of LondonJohn Keane, Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney
27 May 2010 	Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists 	Evelyn Welch, Professor of Renaissance Studies and Academic Dean for Arts at Queen Mary, University of LondonDavid Ekserdjian, Professor of History of Art and Film at the University of LeicesterMartin Kemp, Emeritus Professor in the History of Art at the University of Oxford
20 May 2010 	The Cavendish Family 	Jim Bennett, Director of the Museum of the History of Science at the University of OxfordPatricia Fara, Senior Tutor of Clare College, University of CambridgeSimon Schaffer, Professor of History of Science at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge
13 May 2010 	The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James 	Jonathan Rée, Freelance philosopher John Haldane, Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews Gwen Griffith-Dickson, Emeritus Professor of Divinity at Gresham College and Director of the Lokahi Foundation
6 May 2010 	The Cool Universe 	Carolin Crawford, Member of the Institute of Astronomy, and Fellow of Emmanuel College, at the University of Cambridge Paul Murdin, Visiting Professor of Astronomy at Liverpool John Moores University's Astronomy Research Institute Michael Rowan-Robinson, Professor of Astrophysics at Imperial College, London
29 April 2010 	The Great Wall of China 	Julia Lovell, Lecturer in Chinese History at Birkbeck College, University of London Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford Frances Wood, Head of the Chinese Section at the British Library
22 April 2010 	Roman Satire 	Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Cambridge University Denis Feeney, Professor of Classics and Giger Professor of Latin at Princeton University Duncan Kennedy, Professor of Latin Literature and the Theory of Criticism at the University of Bristol
15 April 2010 	The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation 	Saul David, Professor of War Studies at the University of Buckingham Saul Dubow, Professor of History at the University of Sussex Shula Marks, Emeritus Professor of History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
8 April 2010 	William Hazlitt 	Jonathan Bate, Professor of English Literature at the University of Warwick A. C. Grayling, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London Uttara Natarajan, Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths College, University of London
1 April 2010 	The History of the City (2 of 2) 	Peter Hall, Professor of Planning and Regeneration at The Bartlett School of Planning, University College LondonTristram Hunt, lecturer in History at Queen Mary College at the University of London Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies at the London School of Economics
25 March 2010 	The History of the City (1 of 2) 	Peter Hall, Professor of Planning and Regeneration at The Bartlett School of Planning, University College LondonJulia Merritt, associate professor of History at the University of Nottingham Greg Woolfis, Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews
18 March 2010 	The Scream and Edvard Munch 	David Jackson, Professor of Russian and Scandinavian Art Histories at the University of Leeds Dorothy Rowe, Senior Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of BristolAlastair Wright, University Lecturer in the History of Art at St John's College, University of Oxford.
11 March 2010 	Boudica 	Juliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in Folklore at Cardiff UniversityRichard Hingley, Professor of Roman Archaeology at Durham UniversityMiranda Aldhouse-Green, Professor of Archaeology in the School of History and Archaeology at Cardiff University.
4 March 2010 	The Infant Brain 	Usha Goswami, Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge and Director of its Centre for Neuroscience in EducationAnnette Karmiloff-Smith, Professorial Research Fellow at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at the Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London Denis Mareschal, Professor of Psychology at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck College, University of London
25 February 2010 	Calvinism 	Justin Champion, Professor of the History of Early Modern Ideas at Royal Holloway, University of LondonSusan Hardman Moore, Senior Lecturer in Divinity at the University of Edinburgh Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford.
18 February 2010 	The Indian Rebellion 	Chandrika Kaul, Lecturer in Imperial and Indian History at the University of St AndrewsFaisal Devji, University Reader in Indian History at St Antony's College, University of OxfordShruti Kapila, University Lecturer in History and Fellow and Director of Studies at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge.
11 February 2010 	The Unintended Consequences of Mathematics 	John D. Barrow, Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge and Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, LondonColva Roney-Dougal, Lecturer in Pure Mathematics at the University of St AndrewsMarcus du Sautoy, Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford.
4 February 2010 	Ibn Khaldun 	Robert Hoyland, Professor of Islamic History at the University of OxfordRobert Graham Irwin, Senior Research Associate of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of LondonHugh N. Kennedy, is Professor of Arabic in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.
28 January 2010 	Silas Marner – George Eliot's 1861 novel 	Rosemary Ashton, Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College, LondonDinah Birch, Professor of English at Liverpool University Valentine Cunningham, Professor of English Language and Literature at Corpus Christi, University of Oxford.
21 January 2010 	The Glencoe Massacre – "Murder Under Trust" 	Murray Pittock, Bradley Professor of English Literature at the University of Glasgow Karin Bowie, Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Glasgow Daniel Szechi, Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Manchester
14 January 2010 	The Frankfurt School – why no Revolution? 	Jonathan Rée, a freelance historian and philosopher, currently Visiting Professor at Roehampton University and at the Royal College of ArtEsther Leslie, Professor in Political Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, University of London Raymond Geuss, Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge
4–7 January 2010 	The History of the Royal Society 	Four daily programmes in documentary format
31 December 2009 	Mary Wollstonecraft – the Vindicator of the Rights of Woman 	Karen O'Brien, Professor of English at the University of WarwickJohn Mullan, Professor of English at University College London Barbara Taylor, Professor of Modern History in the School of Humanities
24 December 2009 	The Samurai – from civil warriors to civil servants 	Angus Lockyer, Lecturer in Japanese History and Chair of the Japan Research Centre at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Nicola Liscutin, Programme Director of Japanese Studies, Birkbeck College, University of London Gregory Irvine, Senior Curator Japan at the Victoria and Albert Museum
10 December 2009 	Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans – maths and mysticism 	Ian Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick Serafina Cuomo, Reader in Roman History at Birkbeck College, University of London John O'Connor, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of St Andrews
3 December 2009 	The Silk Road – from Dunhuang to Samarkand 	Frances Wood, Head of the Chinese Section at the British Library Tim Barrett, Professor of East Asian History at the School of Oriental and African Studies Naomi Standen, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies at Newcastle University
26 November 2009 	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – James Joyce's early masterpiece 	Roy Foster, Carroll Professor of Irish History and Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford Katherine Mullin, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Leeds Jeri Johnson, Senior Fellow in English at Exeter College, Oxford
19 November 2009 	Sparta – the anti-Athens 	Paul Cartledge, A G Leventis Professor of Greek Culture and a Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge Edith Hall, Professor of Classics and ama at Royal Holloway, University of LondonAngie Hobbs, associate professor of Philosophy and Senior Fellow in the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Warwick
12 November 2009 	The Discovery of Radiation – from radio waves to gamma rays 	Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Theoretical Physics and Chair in the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Surrey Frank Close, Professor of Physics at Exeter College, University of Oxford Frank James, Professor of the History of Science at the Royal Institution
5 November 2009 	The Siege of Münster – Apocalypse 1535 	Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford Charlotte Methuen, University Research Lecturer in Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford and Lecturer in Church History and Liturgy at Ripon College Cuddesdon Lucy Wooding, Lecturer in Early Modern History at King's College, London
29 October 2009 	Schopenhauer – the tyranny of the Will 	A. C. Grayling, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London Christopher JanawayProfessor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton Béatrice Han-Pile, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex
22 October 2009 	The Geological Formation of Britain – our long journey north 	Richard Corfield, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at Oxford UniversityJane Francis, Professor of Palaeoclimatology, University of Leeds Sanjeev Gupta, Royal Society-Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow at Imperial College London
15 October 2009 	The Death of Elizabeth I – plots, plague and politics 	John Guy, Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge Clare Jackson, Lecturer and Director of Studies in History at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge Helen Hackett, Reader in English at University College London
8 October 2009 	The Dreyfuss Affair – the scandal that tore France apart 	Robert Gildea, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University Robert Tombs, Professor of French History at Cambridge University Ruth Harris, Lecturer in Modern History at Oxford University
1 October 2009 	Akhenaten – history's first individual 	Richard Parkinson, Egyptologist at the British Museum Elizabeth Frood, Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Oxford Kate Spence, Lecturer in the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt at the University of Cambridge
24 September 2009 	Leibniz vs Newton – who first calculated the calculus? 	Simon Schaffer, Professor of History of Science at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Darwin College Patricia Fara, Senior Tutor at Clare College, University of Cambridge Jackie Stedall, Departmental Lecturer in History of Mathematics at the University of Oxford
17 September 2009 	St Thomas Aquinas – his profound influence on Western faith and philosophy	Martin Palmer, Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and CultureJohn Haldane, Professor of Philosophy at the University of St AndrewsAnnabel Brett, Lecturer in History at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge
=== 2008–2009 ===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
9 July 2009 	Ediacara Biota – the first animal? 	Richard Corfield, Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences at the Open University, Martin Brasier, Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Oxford, Rachel Wood, Lecturer in Carbonate Geoscience at the University of Edinburgh
2 July 2009 	Logical Positivism – or is it? 	Barry Smith, Professor of Philosophy at the University of LondonNancy Cartwright, Professor of Philosophy at the London School of EconomicsThomas Uebel Professor of Philosophy at the University of Manchester
25 June 2009 	The Sunni-Shia Split: after Muhammad 	Amira Bennison, Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of CambridgeRobert Gleave, Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of ExeterHugh N. Kennedy Professor of Arabic in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London
18 June 2009 	Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy – theatre of blood 	Jonathan Bate, Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at the University of WarwickJulie Sanders, Professor of English Literature and ama at the University of NottinghamJanet Clare Professor of Renaissance Literature at the University of Hull
11 June 2009 	The Augustan Age – art and propaganda at the birth of the Roman Empire 	Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Cambridge UniversityCatharine Edwards, Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Birkbeck College, University of LondonDuncan Kennedy Professor of Latin Literature at the University of Bristol
4 June 2009 	The Trial of Charles I – the original courtroom drama 	Justin Champion, Professor of the History of Early Modern Ideas at Royal Holloway, University of LondonDiane Purkiss, Fellow and Tutor at Keble College, OxfordDavid Wootton Professor of History at the University of York
28 May 2009 	Saint Paul – the first Christian 	John Haldane, Professor of Philosophy at the University of St AndrewsJohn Barclay, Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at Durham UniversityHelen Bond Senior Lecturer in the New Testament at the University of Edinburgh
21 May 2009 	The Whale: A History 	Steve Jones, Professor of Genetics at University College LondonEleanor Weston, a mammalian palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum in LondonBill Amos Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at Cambridge University
14 May 2009 	The Siege of Vienna – a clash of civilisations? 	Jeremy Black, Professor of History at the University of ExeterAndrew Wheatcroft, Professor of International Publishing at Stirling UniversityClaire Norton Lecturer in History at St Mary's University, London
7 May 2009 	Magna Carta – foundation of law or rich man's charter? 	Nicholas Vincent, Professor of Medieval History at the University of East AngliaDavid Carpenter, Professor of Medieval History at King's College LondonMichael Clanchy Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the Institute of Historical Research
30 April 2009 	The Vacuum of Space – a programme about nothing? 	Frank Close, Professor of Physics at Exeter College, University of OxfordJocelyn Bell Burnell, Visiting Professor in Astrophysics at Oxford UniversityRuth Gregory Professor of Theoretical Physics at Durham University
23 April 2009 	The Building of St Petersburg – "a window through which Russia looks on Europe" 	Simon Dixon, Sir Bernard Pares Professor of Russian History at University College LondonJanet Hartley, Professor of International History at the London School of EconomicsAnthony Cross Emeritus Professor of Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge
16 April 2009 	Suffragism – the long march towards votes for women 	Krista Cowman, Professor of History at the University of LincolnJune Purvis, Professor of Women's & Gender History at the University of PortsmouthJulia Bush Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Northampton
9 April 2009 	Brave New World – would Soma, free love and the feelies be so bad? 	David Bradshaw, Reader and Tutor in English Literature at Worcester College, University of OxfordDaniel Pick, Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of LondonMichèle Barrett Professor of Modern Literary and Cultural Theory at Queen Mary, University of London
2 April 2009 	Baconian Science – Francis Bacon and the birth of modern science 	Stephen Pumfrey, Senior Lecturer in the History of Science at the University of LancasterPatricia Fara, Senior Tutor at Clare College, University of CambridgeRhodri Lewis University Lecturer in English at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St Hugh's
26 March 2009 	The School of Athens – picturing Greece in Renaissance minds 	Angie Hobbs, associate professor in Philosophy at the University of WarwickValery Rees, Renaissance scholar and senior member of the Language Department at the School of Economic ScienceJill Kraye Professor of the History of Renaissance Philosophy and Librarian at the Warburg Institute at the University of London
19 March 2009 	The Boxer Rebellion – "Kill all Foreigners!" 	Frances Wood, Curator of Chinese Collections at the British LibraryRana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford
Gary Tiedemann Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Christianity in China
12 March 2009 	The Library of Alexandria – of all the books in all the world... 	Simon Goldhill, Professor of Greek at the University of CambridgeMatthew Nicholls, Lecturer in Classics at the University of ReadingSerafina Cuomo Reader in Roman History at Birkbeck College, University of London
5 March 2009 	The Measurement Problem in Physics – Man is not the measure of all things 	Basil Hiley, Emeritus Professor of Physics at Birkbeck, University of LondonSimon Saunders, Reader in Philosophy of Physics and University Lecturer in Philosophy of Science at the University of OxfordRoger Penrose Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford
26 February 2009 	The Waste Land and Modernity – "I will show you fear in a handful of dust" 	Steve Connor, Professor of Modern Literature and Theory at Birkbeck College, University of LondonFran Brearton, Reader in English at Queen's University, BelfastLawrence Rainey Professor of English and American Literature at the University of York
19 February 2009 	The Observatory at Jaipur – Indian astronomy on the cusp of colonialism 	Chandrika Kaul, Lecturer in Modern History at the University of St AndrewsDavid Arnold, Professor of Asian and Global History at the University of WarwickChris Minkowski Professor in Sanskrit at the University of Oxford
12 February 2009 	The Destruction of Carthage – "Delenda Carthago!" 	Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at the University of CambridgeJo Quinn, Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of OxfordEllen O'Gorman Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Bristol
5 February 2009 	The Brothers Grimm: fairy tales, Grimm – but not as we know them 	Juliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in Folklore at Cardiff University Marina Warner, Professor in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies at the University of EssexTony Phelan Professor in German at Keble College, Oxford
29 January 2009 	A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift – 18th century satire gets close to the bone 	John Mullan, Professor of English at University College LondonJudith Hawley, Professor of 18th Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of LondonIan McBride Senior Lecturer in the History Department at King's College London
22 January 2009 	A History of History – how the writing of history has evolved 	Paul Cartledge, AG Leventis Professor of Greek Culture and Fellow of Clare College, CambridgeJohn Burrow, emeritus fellow of Balliol College, OxfordMiri Rubin Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Queen Mary, University of London
15 January 2009 	Thoreau and the American Idyll – America in the Wilderness 	Kathleen Burk, Professor of American History at University College LondonTim Morris, Lecturer in American Literature at the University of DundeeStephen Fender Honorary Professor in English Literature at University College London
8 January 2009 	Darwin: Life After Origins 	Jim Moore, geneticist at University College London Steve Jones, Darwin expert Alison Pearn of the Darwin Correspondence Project Nick Biddle, former garden curator at Down House
7 January 2009 	Darwin: On the Origin of Species 	Jim Moore, Steve Jones, geneticist at University College LondonJim Secord of the Darwin Correspondence Project Johannes Vogel, Sandy Knapp and Judith Magee, all of the National History Museum.
6 January 2009 	Darwin: The Voyage of the Beagle 	Jim Moore, Professor of the History of Science at The Open University Steve Jones, Professor of Genetics at University College LondonDavid Norman, Director of The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences and Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge Jenny Clack, Curator at The Cambridge University Museum of Zoology and Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology at the University of Cambridge
5 January 2009 	Darwin: On the Origins of Charles Darwin 	Jim Moore, Professor of the History of Science at The Open University Steve Jones, Professor of Genetics at University College London David Norman, Director of The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences and Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge Colin Higgins, Assistant Librarian at Christ's College, Cambridge
1 January 2009 	The Consolation of Philosophy – a new year's message from Boethius 	A. C. Grayling, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of LondonMelissa Lane, Senior University Lecturer in History at the University of CambridgeRoger Scruton Research Professor at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences
18 December 2008 	The Physics of Time – does time even exist? 	Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Theoretical Physics and Chair in the Public Engagement in Science at the University of SurreyMonica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open UniversityIan Stewart Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick
11 December 2008 	The Great Fire of London – London's burning, fetch the engines... 	Lisa Jardine, Centenary Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of LondonVanessa Harding, Reader in London History at Birkbeck, University of LondonJonathan Sawday Professor of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde
4 December 2008 	Heat: A History -from fire to thermodynamics 	Simon Schaffer, Professor of History of Science at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Darwin CollegeHasok Chang, Professor of Philosophy of Science at University College LondonJoanna Haigh Professor of Atmospheric Physics at Imperial College London
27 November 2008 	The Great Reform Act: reform – but was it great? 	Dinah Birch, Professor of English at Liverpool UniversityMichael Bentley, Professor of Modern History at the University of St AndrewsCatherine Hall Professor of Modern British Social and Cultural History at University College London
20 November 2008 	The Baroque – – the misshapen pearl of Europe 	T. C. W. Blanning, Professor of Modern European History and Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, University of CambridgeNigel Aston, Reader in Early Modern History at the University of LeicesterHelen Hills Professor of Art History at the University of York
13 November 2008 	Neuroscience – does the brain rule the mind? 	Martin Conway, Professor of Psychology at the University of Leeds,Gemma Calvert, Professor of Applied Neuroimaging at WMG, University of WarwickDavid Papineau Professor of Philosophy of Science at King's College London
6 November 2008 	Aristotle's Politics – a perfect society? 	Angie Hobbs, associate professor of Philosophy at the University of WarwickPaul Cartledge, AG Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the University of CambridgeAnnabel Brett Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge
30 October 2008 	Simón Bolívar – the liberator of Spanish America 	Anthony McFarlane, Professor of Comparative American Studies at the University of WarwickJohn Fisher, Professor of Latin American History at the University of LiverpoolCatherine Davies Professor in the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies at the University of Nottingham
23 October 2008 	Dante's Inferno – to Hell and back 	Margaret Kean, University Lecturer in English and College Fellow at St Hilda's College, University of OxfordJohn Took, Professor of Dante Studies at University College LondonClaire Honess Senior Lecturer in Italian at the University of Leeds and Co-Director of the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies
16 October 2008 	Vitalism – the spark of life 	Patricia Fara, Fellow of Clare College and Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University
Andrew Mendelsohn, Senior Lecturer in the History of Science and Medicine at Imperial College, University of LondonPietro Corsi Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford
9 October 2008 	Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems – the dirty secret of maths science 	Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at Wadham College, University of OxfordJohn D. Barrow, Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge and Gresham Professor of GeometryPhilip Welch Professor of Mathematical Logic at the University of Bristol
2 October 2008 	The Translation Movement – movement in Baghdad which translated Aristotle and Greek classics into Arabic	Peter Adamson, Reader in Philosophy at King's College LondonAmira Bennison, Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of CambridgePeter Pormann Wellcome Trust Assistant Professor in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick
25 September 2008 	Miracles – will they never cease? Religion 	Martin Palmer, Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and CultureJanet Soskice, Reader in Philosophical Theology at Cambridge UniversityJustin Champion Professor of the History of Early Modern Ideas at Royal Holloway, University of London
=== 2007–2008 ===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
10 July 2008 	Tacitus – The Decadence of Rome 	Catharine Edwards, Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Birkbeck, University of London Ellen O'Gorman, Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Bristol Maria Wyke, Professor of Latin at University College London
3 July 2008 	The Metaphysical Poets – sex and death in the 17th century 	Thomas Healy, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London Julie Sanders, Professor of English Literature and ama at the University of Nottingham Tom Cain, Professor of Early Modern Literature at the University of Newcastle
26 June 2008 	The Arab Conquests – the 7th century new world order 	Hugh N. Kennedy, Professor of Arabic at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Amira Bennison, Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge Robert Hoyland, Professor in Arabic and Middle East Studies at the University of St Andrews
19 June 2008 	The Music of the Spheres – a dose of heavenly harmonies 	Peter Forshaw, Postdoctoral Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London Jim Bennett, Director of the Museum of the History of Science at the University of Oxford Angela Voss, Director of the Cultural Study of Cosmology and Divination at the University of Kent, Canterbury
12 June 2008 	The Riddle of the Sands – how Britain learned to fear the Germans 	Richard J. Evans, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge Rosemary Ashton, Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London T. C. W. Blanning, Professor of Modern European History at Cambridge University
5 June 2008 	Lysenkoism – political campaign against genetics and science-based agriculture in the Soviet Union	Robert Service, Professor of Russian History at the University of Oxford Steve Jones, Professor of Genetics at University College London Catherine Merridale, Professor of Contemporary History at Queen Mary, University of London
29 May 2008 	Probability – heads or tails? 	Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford Colva Roney-Dougal, Lecturer in Pure Mathematics at the University of St Andrews Ian Stewart, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick
22 May 2008 	The Black Death – a plague on all our houses 	Miri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Queen Mary, University of London Samuel Cohn, Professor of Medieval History at the University of GlasgowPaul Binski, Professor of the History of Medieval Art at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge
15 May 2008 	The Library at Nineveh – 	Eleanor Robson, Senior Lecturer at Cambridge University and Vice-Chair of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq Karen Radner, Lecturer in the Ancient Near Eastern History at University College LondonAndrew R. George, Professor of Babylonian at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London
8 May 2008 	The Brain: A History – history of ideas about the human brain 	Vivian Nutton, Professor of the History of Medicine at University College London Jonathan Sawday, Professor of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde Marina Wallace, Professor at the University of the Arts, London, Central St Martin's College of Art and Design
1 May 2008 	The Enclosures – dividing the country 	Rosemary Sweet, Director of the Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester Murray Pittock, Bradley Professor of English Literature at the University of GlasgowMark Overton, Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Exeter
24 April 2008 	Materialism – are we living in a material world? 	A. C. Grayling, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London Caroline Warman, Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford Anthony O'Hear, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Buckingham
17 April 2008 	Yeats and Irish Politics – "a terrible beauty is born" 	Roy Foster, Carroll Professor of Irish History at Oxford University and Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford Fran Brearton, Reader in English at Queen's University, Belfast and Assistant Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Warwick Gould, Director of the Institute of English Studies in the School of Advanced Study, University of London
10 April 2008 	The Norman Yoke – 1067 and all that 	Sarah Foot, Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Christ Church, Oxford Richard Gameson, Professor in the Department of History at Durham University Matthew Strickland, Professor of Medieval History at the University of Glasgow
3 April 2008 	Newton's Laws of Motion – they put a man on the Moon 	Simon Schaffer, Professor in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Darwin College Raymond Flood, University Lecturer in Computing Studies and Mathematics and Senior Tutor at Kellogg College, University of Oxford Rob Iliffe, Professor of Intellectual History and History of Science at the University of Sussex
27 March 2008 	The Dissolution of the Monasteries – religion in ruins 	Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University Diane Purkiss, Fellow and Tutor at Keble College, Oxford George Bernard, Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Southampton
20 March 2008 	Søren Kierkegaard – fear and trembling in Copenhagen 	Jonathan Rée, Visiting Professor at Roehampton University and the Royal College of Art Clare Carlisle, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool John Lippitt, Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Hertfordshire
13 March 2008 	The Greek Myths – soap opera of the gods 	Nick Lowe, Senior Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London Richard Buxton, Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Bristol Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Cambridge University
6 March 2008 	Ada Lovelace – prophet of the computer age 	Patricia Fara, Senior Tutor at Clare College, Cambridge Doron Swade, Visiting Professor in the History of Computing at Portsmouth University John Fuegi, Visiting Professor in Biography at Kingston University
28 February 2008 	King Lear – Shakespeare's finest fairy tale 	Jonathan Bate, Professor of English Literature at the University of Warwick Katherine Duncan-Jones, Tutorial Fellow in English at Somerville College, Oxford Catherine Belsey, Research Professor in English at the University of Wales, Swansea
21 February 2008 	The Multiverse – the universe is not enough 	Martin Rees, President of the Royal Society and Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge Fay Dowker, Reader in Theoretical Physics at Imperial College Bernard Carr, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary, University of London
14 February 2008 	The Statue of Liberty – From France with love... 	Robert Gildea, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University Kathleen Burk, Professor of Modern Contemporary History at University College London John Keane, Professor of Politics at the University of Westminster
7 February 2008 	The Social Contract – Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and the Origins of Society 	Melissa Lane, Senior University Lecturer in History at Cambridge University Susan James, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London Karen O'Brien, Professor of English Literature at the University of Warwick
31 January 2008 	The Court of Rudolf II – the lost powerhouse of Renaissance ideas 	Peter Forshaw, Postdoctoral Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Exeter Howard Hotson, Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Oxford Adam Mosley, Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Wales, Swansea
24 January 2008 	Plate Tectonics – the day the Earth moved 	Richard Corfield, Visiting Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences at the Open University Joe Cann, Senior Fellow in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds Lynne Frostick, Director of the Hull Environment Research Institute and Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Hull
17 January 2008 	The Fisher King – the wound that does not heal 	Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John's College, Oxford Stephen Knight, Distinguished Research Professor in English Literature at Cardiff University Juliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in the Department of Welsh, Cardiff University and Director of the Folklore Society
10 January 2008 	The Charge of the Light Brigade – "All in the valley of Death rode the six hundred" 	Mike Broers, Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall Trudi Tate, Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge Saul David, Visiting Professor of Military History at the University of Hull
3 January 2008 	Albert Camus – Rebel with a Cause 	Peter Dunwoodie, Professor of French Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London David Walker, Professor of French at the University of Sheffield Christina Howells, Professor of French at Wadham College, University of Oxford
27 December 2007 	The Nicene Creed – when Christ became God 	Martin Palmer, Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture Caroline Humfress, Reader in History at Birkbeck College, University of London Andrew Louth, Professor of Patristic and Byzantine Studies at the University of Durham
20 December 2007 	The Four Humours – yellow bile, blood, choler and phlegm in the original theory of everything 	David Wootton, Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York Vivian Nutton, Professor of the History of Medicine at University College London Noga Arikha, Visiting Fellow at the Institut Jean-Nicod in Paris
13 December 2007 	The Sassanian Empire – – in the shadow of Ancient Persia 	Hugh N. Kennedy, Professor of Arabic in the Faculty of Languages and Cultures at the School of Oriental and African Studies Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Curator of Iranian and Islamic Coins in the British Museum James Howard-Johnston, University Lecturer in Byzantine Studies at the University of Oxford
6 December 2007 	Genetic Mutation – the error-strewn secrets of life 	Steve Jones, Professor of Genetics in the Galton Laboratory, University College London Adrian Woolfson, lectures in Medicine at Cambridge University Linda Partridge, Weldon Professor of Biometry at University College London
29 November 2007 	The Fibonacci Sequence – – the numbers in nature 	Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford Jackie Stedall, Junior Research Fellow in History of Mathematics at Queen's College, Oxford Ron Knott, Visiting Fellow in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Surrey
22 November 2007 	The Prelude – the greatest poem in the English language? 	Rosemary Ashton, Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London Stephen Gill, University Professor of English Literature and Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford Emma Mason, Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Warwick
15 November 2007 	The Discovery of Oxygen – feuds and revolutions at the birth of modern chemistry 	Simon Schaffer, Professor in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge Jenny Uglow, Hasok Chang, Reader in Philosophy of Science at University College London
8 November 2007 	Avicenna – wine, women and philosophy 	Peter Adamson, Reader in Philosophy at King's College London Amira Bennison, Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge Nader El-Bizri, Affiliated Lecturer in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge
1 November 2007 	Guilt – what is it good for? 	Stephen Mulhall, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at New College, Oxford Miranda Fricker, Oliver Davies, Professor of Christian Doctrine at King's College London
25 October 2007 	Taste – the good, the bad and the ugly in 18th century 	Amanda Vickery, Reader in History at Royal Holloway, University of London John Mullan, Professor of English at University College London Jeremy Black, Professor of History at the University of Exeter
18 October 2007 	The Arabian Nights – The art of story-telling 	Robert Graham Irwin, Senior Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Marina Warner, Professor in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex Gerard van Gelder Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford
11 October 2007 	Divine Right of Kings – "there's such divinity doth hedge a king" 	Justin Champion, Professor of the History of Early Modern Ideas at Royal Holloway, University of London Thomas Healy, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London Clare Jackson, Lecturer and Director of Studies in History at Trinity Hall, Cambridge
4 October 2007 	Antimatter – where has it all gone? 	Val Gibson, Reader in High Energy Physics at the University of Cambridge Frank Close, Professor of Physics at Exeter College, University of Oxford Ruth Gregory, Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Durham
27 September 2007 	Socrates – the man and the myth 	Angie Hobbs, associate professor of Philosophy at Warwick University David Sedley, Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University Paul Millett, Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge
=== 2006–2007 ===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
12 July 2007 	Madame Bovary – the literary sensation caused by Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary 	Andy Martin, Lecturer in French at the University of CambridgeMary Orr, Professor of French at the University of Southampton Robert Gildea, Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford
5 July 2007 	The Pilgrim Fathers – the original American dream 	Kathleen Burk, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at University College London Harry Bennett, Reader in History and Head of Humanities at the University of Plymouth Tim Lockley, associate professor of History at the University of Warwick
28 June 2007 	Permian-Triassic Boundary – when 95% of life was killed off 	Richard Corfield, Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences at the Open UniversityMike Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol Jane Francis, Professor of Palaeoclimatology at the University of Leeds
21 June 2007 	Common Sense Philosophy – "there is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it" 	A C Grayling, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London Melissa Lane, Senior University Lecturer in History at Cambridge University Alexander Broadie, Professor of Logic and Rhetoric at the University of Glasgow
14 June 2007 	Renaissance Astrology – "we are merely the stars' tennis balls, struck and bandied which way please them" 	Peter Forshaw, Lecturer in Renaissance Philosophies at Birkbeck, University of London Lauren Kassell, Lecturer in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of CambridgeJonathan Sawday, Professor of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde.
7 June 2007 	Siegfried Sassoon – the poet who survived 	Jean Moorcroft Wilson, Lecturer in English at Birkbeck, University of London and a biographer of Sassoon Fran Brearton, Reader in English and Assistant Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at the University of Belfast Max Egremont, a biographer of Siegfried Sassoon
31 May 2007 	Occam's Razor – cutting medieval philosophy down to size 	Anthony Kenny, philosopher and former Master of Balliol College, OxfordMarilyn Adams, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University Richard Alan Cross, Professor of Medieval Theology at Oriel College, Oxford
24 May 2007 	The Siege of Orleans – did Joan of Arc really rescue France? 	Anne Curry, Professor of Medieval History at the University of SouthamptonMalcolm Vale, Fellow and Tutor in History at St John's College, OxfordMatthew Bennett, Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.
17 May 2007 	Gravitational Waves – a new window on the universe 	Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Physics at the University of SurreyCarolin Crawford, Royal Society Research Fellow at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridgee Sheila Rowan, Professor in Experimental Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow
10 May 2007 	Victorian Pessimism – fear and loathing in the late 19th century 	Dinah Birch, Professor of English at the University of Liverpool Rosemary Ashton, Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London Peter Mandler, University Lecturer and Fellow in History at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
3 May 2007 	Spinoza – believed that God and Nature were the same thing 	Jonathan Rée, historian and philosopher and Visiting Professor at Roehampton University Sarah Hutton, Professor of English at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth John Cottingham, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading.
26 April 2007 	Greek and Roman Love Poetry – the pursuit of the Beloved from Sappho to Catullus 	Nick Lowe, Senior Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway, University of LondonEdith Hall, Professor of Classics and ama at Royal Holloway, University of London Maria Wyke, Professor of Latin at University College London
19 April 2007 	Symmetry – the pattern at the heart of our physical world 	Fay Dowker, Reader in Theoretical Physics at Imperial College, London Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of OxfordIan Stewart, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick.
12 April 2007 	The Opium Wars – a conflict that was to affect British-Chinese relations for generations 	Yangwen Zheng, Lecturer in Modern Chinese History at the University of Manchester Lars Laamann, research fellow in Chinese History at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London Xun Zhou, research fellow in History at SOAS, University of London
5 April 2007 	St Hilda – the life and times of the Abbess of Whitby 	John Blair, Fellow in History at The Queen's College, Oxford Rosemary Cramp, Emeritus Professor in Archaeology at Durham University Sarah Foot, Professor of Early Medieval History at Sheffield University.
29 March 2007 	Anaesthetics – from ether frolics to pain free surgery 	David Wilkinson, Consultant Anaesthetist at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London and President of the History of Anaesthesia Society Stephanie Snow, Research Associate at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine at the University of Manchester Anne Hardy, Professor in the History of Modern Medicine at University College London
22 March 2007 	Bismarck – The Iron Chancellor 	Richard J Evans, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge
Christopher Clark, Reader in Modern European History at the University of CambridgeKatharine Lerman, Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at London Metropolitan University
15 March 2007 	Epistolary Literature – great novels of fictional letters 	John Mullan, Professor of English at University College London Karen O'Brien, Professor in English at the University of Warwick Brean Hammond, Professor of Modern English Literature at the University of Nottingham.
8 March 2007 	Microbiology – the story of the invisible masters of the universe 	John Dupré, Professor of Philosophy of Science at Exeter UniversityAnne Glover, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at Aberdeen UniversityAndrew Mendelsohn, Senior Lecturer in the History of Science and Medicine at Imperial College, University of London
1 March 2007 	The History of Optics – from telescopes to microscopes, a new way of seeing the world 	Simon Schaffer, Professor in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of CambridgeJim Bennett, Director of the Museum of the History of Science and Fellow of Linacre College at the University of OxfordEmily Winterburn, Curator of Astronomy at the National Maritime Museum
22 February 2007 	William Wilberforce – the man and his legacy 	This broadcast was a documentary rather than a discussion
15 February 2007 	Heart of Darkness – one of the most influential novels of the 20th century 	Susan Jones, Fellow and Tutor in English at St Hilda's College, OxfordRobert Hampson, Professor of Modern Literature at Royal Holloway, University of LondonLaurence Davies, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in English at Glasgow University and Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
8 February 2007 	Karl Popper – his ideas challenged our approach to the philosophy of science 	John Worrall, Professor of Philosophy of Science at the London School of EconomicsAnthony O'Hear, Weston Professor of Philosophy at Buckingham UniversityNancy Cartwright, Professor of Philosophy at the LSE and the University of California
1 February 2007 	Genghis Khan – founder of one of the world's largest ever land-based empires 	Peter Jackson, Professor of Medieval History at Keele UniversityNaomi Standen, Lecturer in Chinese History at Newcastle UniversityGeorge Lane, Lecturer in History at the School of Oriental and African Studies
25 January 2007 	Archimedes – the Greek mathematician and his Eureka moments 	Jackie Stedall, Junior Research Fellow in the History of Mathematics at Queen's College, OxfordSerafina Cuomo, Reader in the History of Science at Imperial College LondonGeorge Phillips, Honorary Reader in Mathematics at St Andrews University
18 January 2007 	The Jesuits – the school masters of Europe 	Nigel Aston, Reader in Early Modern History at the University of LeicesterSimon Ditchfield, Reader in History at the University of YorkDame Olwen Hufton, emeritus fellow of Merton College, Oxford.
11 January 2007 	Mars – the search for life on the Red Planet 	John Zarnecki, Professor of Space Science at the Open University and a team leader on the ExoMars missionColin Pillinger, Professor of Planetary Sciences at the Open University and leader of the Beagle 2 expedition to MarsMonica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open University and an expert on Martian meteorites.
4 January 2007 	Jorge Luis Borges – the life and work of Argentina's best loved short story writer 	Edwin Williamson, Professor of Spanish Studies at Oxford UniversityEfraín Kristal, Professor of Comparative Literature at University of California, Los AngelesEvelyn Fishburn, Professor Emeritus at London Metropolitan University and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at University College London.
28 December 2006 	The Siege of Constantinople – the end of a thousand years of the Byzantine Empire 	Roger Crowley, author and historianJudith Herrin, Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at King's College LondonColin Imber, formerly Reader in Turkish at Manchester University.
21 December 2006 	Hell – its representation through the ages 	Martin Palmer, Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and CultureMargaret Kean, Tutor and Fellow in English at St Hilda's College, OxfordNeil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum.
14 December 2006 	Indian Maths – laying the foundations for modern numerals and zero as a number 	George Gheverghese Joseph, Honorary Reader in Mathematics Education at Manchester UniversityColva Roney-Dougal, Lecturer in Pure Mathematics at the University of St AndrewsDennis Almeida, Lecturer in Mathematics Education at Exeter University and the Open University.
7 December 2006 	Anarchism – a question of authority? 	John Keane, Professor of Politics at University of WestminsterRuth Kinna, Senior Lecturer in Politics at Loughborough UniversityPeter Marshall, philosopher and historian.
30 November 2006 	The Speed of Light – a cosmic speed limit? 	John Barrow, Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Gresham Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge UniversityIwan Morus, Senior Lecturer in the History of Science at The University of Wales, AberystwythJocelyn Bell Burnell, Visiting Professor of Astrophysics at Oxford University.
23 November 2006 	Altruism – how can evolutionary biology explain it? 	Miranda Fricker, Senior Lecturer in the School of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of LondonRichard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford UniversityJohn Dupré, Professor of Philosophy of Science at Exeter University and director of Egenis, the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society.
16 November 2006 	The Peasants' Revolt – a lasting legacy for popular uprising? 	Miri Rubin, Professor of Early Modern History at Queen Mary, University of LondonCaroline Barron, Professorial Research Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of LondonAlastair Dunn, author of The Peasants' Revolt – England's Failed Revolution of 1381.
9 November 2006 	Alexander Pope – "short is my date, but deathless my renown" 	John Mullan, Professor of English at University College LondonJim McLaverty, Professor of English at Keele UniversityValerie Rumbold, Reader in English Literature at Birmingham University.
2 November 2006 	The Poincaré conjecture – how a 19th-century mathematician changed how we think about the shape of the universe	June Barrow-Green, Lecturer in the History of Mathematics at the Open UniversityIan Stewart, Professor of Mathematics at the University of WarwickMarcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford.
26 October 2006 	The Encyclopédie – the great project of the Enlightenment 	Judith Hawley, Senior Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of LondonCaroline Warman, Fellow and Tutor in French at Jesus College, OxfordDavid Wootton, Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York.
19 October 2006 	The Needham Question – did China lay the foundations of modern science? 	Chris Cullen, Director of the Needham Research Institute in CambridgeTim Barrett, Professor of East Asian History at SOASFrances Wood, Head of Chinese Collections at the British Library.
12 October 2006 	The Diet of Worms – Luther's stand against the Church 	Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford UniversityDavid Bagchi, Lecturer in the History of Christian Thought at the University of HullCharlotte Methuen, Lecturer in Reformation History at the University of Oxford.
5 October 2006 	Averroes – the battle between faith and reason 	Amira Bennison, Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of CambridgePeter Adamson, Reader in Philosophy at King's College LondonAnthony Kenny, philosopher and former Master of Balliol College, Oxford.
28 September 2006 	Alexander von Humboldt – the remarkable career of the Prussian naturalist 	Jason Wilson, Professor of Latin American Literature at University College LondonPatricia Fara, Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of CambridgeJim Secord, Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project.
=== 2005–2006 ===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
13 July 2006 	Greek Comedy – sing as you revel and rout 	Paul Cartledge, Professor of Greek History at the University of CambridgeEdith Hall, Professor of ama and Classics at Royal Holloway, University of LondonNick Lowe, Senior Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London.
6 July 2006 	Pastoral Literature – the romantic idealisation of the countryside 	Helen Cooper, Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of CambridgeLaurence Lerner, former Professor of English at the University of SussexJulie Sanders, Professor of English Literature and ama at the University of Nottingham.
29 June 2006 	Galaxies – extra-galactic nebulae, black holes, stars and dark matter 	John Gribbin, Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex Carolin Crawford, Royal Society University Research Fellow at the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge Robert Kennicutt, Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge.
22 June 2006 	The Spanish Inquisition – one of the most barbaric episodes in European history 	John Edwards, research fellow in Spanish at the University of Oxford Alexander Murray, emeritus fellow in History at University College, OxfordMichael Alpert, Emeritus Professor in Modern and Contemporary History of Spain at the University of Westminster
15 June 2006 	Carbon – the basis of life 	Harry Kroto, Professor of Chemistry at Florida State University Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open University Ken Teo, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow at Cambridge University.
8 June 2006 	Uncle Tom's Cabin – the novel that started the American Civil War 	Celeste-Marie Bernier, Lecturer in American Studies at the University of NottinghamSarah Meer, Lecturer and Director of Studies in English at Selwyn College, University of CambridgeClive Webb, Reader in American History at the University of Sussex.
1 June 2006 	The Heart – its anatomical and cultural history 	David Wootton, Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York Fay Bound Alberti, research fellow at the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at the University of Manchester Jonathan Sawday, Professor of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde.
25 May 2006 	Mathematics and Music – the science behind sound and composition 	Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford Robin Wilson, Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University Ruth Tatlow, Lecturer in Music Theory at the University of Stockholm.
18 May 2006 	John Stuart Mill – one of the most influential philosophers of the 19th Century 	A C Grayling, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London Janet Radcliffe Richards, Reader in Bioethics at University College London Alan Ryan, Professor of Politics at Oxford University.
11 May 2006 	Faeries – supernatural creatures that are neither gods nor humans 	Juliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in the Department of Welsh at Cardiff University and Secretary of the Folklore Society Diane Purkiss, Fellow and Tutor of English at Keble College, Oxford Nicola Bown, Lecturer in Victorian Studies at Birkbeck, University of London.
4 May 2006 	Astronomy and Empire – the link between colonial expansion and scientific discovery 	Simon Schaffer, Professor in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge Kristen Lippincott, former Director of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich Allan Chapman, Historian of Science at the History Faculty at Oxford University.
27 April 2006 	The Great Exhibition – a wonder of the Victorian world 	Jeremy Black, Professor of History at the University of Exeter Hermione Hobhouse, Architectural Historian and Writer Clive Emsley, Professor of History at the Open University.
20 April 2006 	The Search for Immunisation – and the battle against smallpox 	Nadja Durbach, associate professor of History at the University of Utah
Chris Dye, Co-ordinator of the World Health Organisation's work on tuberculosis epidemiology
Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Lecturer in the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL
13 April 2006 	The Oxford Movement – Anglicans and Catholics in the 19th century 	Sheridan Gilley, Emeritus Reader in Theology at the University of Durham Frances Knight, Senior Lecturer in Church History at the University of Wales, Lampeter Simon Skinner, Fellow and Tutor in History at Balliol College, Oxford.
6 April 2006 	Goethe – formation of a German cultural icon 	Tim Blanning, Professor of Modern European History at the University of Cambridge Sarah Colvin, Professor of German at the University of Edinburgh W. Daniel Wilson, Professor of German at Royal Holloway, University of London.
30 March 2006 	The Carolingian Renaissance – the revival of early medieval Western Europe 	Matthew Innes, Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London Julia Smith, Edwards Professor of Medieval History at Glasgow University Mary Garrison, Lecturer in History at the University of York
23 March 2006 	The Royal Society – the first club for experimental science 	Stephen Pumfrey, Senior Lecturer in the History of Science at the University of Lancaster Lisa Jardine, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London Michael Hunter, Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London.
16 March 2006 	Don Quixote – Spanish romance and the first novel 	Barry Ife, Cervantes Professor Emeritus at King's College London Edwin Williamson, Professor of Spanish Studies at the University of Oxford Jane Whetnall, Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at Queen Mary, University of London.
9 March 2006 	Negative numbers – how they spread across civilizations 	Ian Stewart, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick Colva Roney-Dougal, Lecturer in Pure Mathematics at the University of St Andrews Raymond Flood, Lecturer in Computing Studies and Mathematics at Kellogg College, Oxford.
2 March 2006 	Friendship – thinking philosophically about our close companions 	Angie Hobbs, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick Mark Vernon, Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy at Syracuse University and London Metropolitan University John Mullan, Professor of English at University College London.
23 February 2006 	Catherine the Great – the Enlightened Despot of Eighteenth Century Russia 	Janet Hartley, Professor of International History at the London School of Economics Simon Dixon, Professor of Modern History at the University of Leeds Tony Lentin, Professor of History at the Open University.
16 February 2006 	Human Evolution – from early hominids to Homo sapiens 	Steve Jones, Professor of Genetics in the Galton Laboratory at University College London Fred Spoor, Professor of Evolutionary Anatomy at University College London Margaret Clegg, Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Biological Anthropology at University College London.
9 February 2006 	Geoffrey Chaucer – the first Great English Poet 	Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John's College, OxfordHelen Cooper, Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of CambridgeArdis Butterfield, Reader in English at University College London.
2 February 2006 	The Abbasid Caliphs – when Baghdad ruled the Muslim world. 	Hugh Kennedy, Professor of History at the University of St AndrewsRobert Irwin, Senior Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of LondonAmira Bennison, Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge.
26 January 2006 	Seventeenth Century Print Culture – piety, populism and political protest 	Kevin Sharpe, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of LondonAnn Hughes, Professor of Early Modern History at the University of KeeleJoad Raymond, Professor of English Literature at the University of East Anglia.
19 January 2006 	Relativism – the battle against transcendent knowledge 	Barry Smith, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of LondonJonathan Rée, freelance philosopher who holds visiting professorships at the Royal College of Art and Roehampton UniversityKathleen Lennon, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Hull.
12 January 2006 	Prime Numbers – the building blocks of mathematics 	Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics and Fellow of Wadham College at the University of OxfordRobin Wilson, Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University and Gresham Professor of GeometryJackie Stedall, Junior Research Fellow in the History of Mathematics at Queen's College, Oxford.
5 January 2006 	The Oath – guaranteeing law, government and the army in the Classical world 	Alan Sommerstein, Professor of Greek at the University of NottinghamPaul Cartledge, Professor of Greek History at the University of CambridgeMary Beard, Professor in Classics at the University of Cambridge
29 December 2005 	Aeschylus' Oresteia – the birth of tragedy 	Edith Hall, Professor of Greek Cultural History at Durham UniversitySimon Goldhill, Professor of Greek at the University of CambridgeTom Healy, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London.
22 December 2005 	Heaven – a journey through the afterlife 	Valery Rees, Renaissance scholar and senior member of the Language Department at the School of Economic ScienceMartin Palmer, Theologian and Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and CultureJohn Carey, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Oxford University.
15 December 2005 	The Peterloo Massacre – democratic protest and brutal repression 	Jeremy Black, Professor of History at the University of ExeterSarah Richardson, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of WarwickClive Emsley, Professor of History at the Open University.
8 December 2005 	Artificial Intelligence – the quest for a machine that can think 	Jon Agar, Lecturer in the History and Philosophy of Science, University of CambridgeAlison Adam, Professor of Information Systems, Salford UniversityIgor Aleksander, Professor of Neural Systems Engineering at Imperial College, University of London.
1 December 2005 	Thomas Hobbes and the political philosophy of Leviathan 	Quentin Skinner, Regius Professor of History at the University of CambridgeDavid Wootton, Professor of History at the University of YorkAnnabel Brett, Senior Lecturer in Political Thought and Intellectual History at Cambridge University.
24 November 2005 	The Graviton – the quest for the theoretical gravity particle 	Roger Cashmore, Former Research Director at CERN and Principal of Brasenose College, OxfordJim Al-Khalili, Professor of Physics at the University of SurreySheila Rowan, Reader in Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow.
17 November 2005 	Pragmatism – a practical philosophy fit for 20th century America 	A C Grayling, Professor of Applied Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London and a Fellow of St Anne's College, OxfordJulian Baggini, editor of The Philosophers' MagazineMiranda Fricker, Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London.
10 November 2005 	Greyfriars and Blackfriars – philosophy, evangelism and fund-raising in the 13th century Church	Henrietta Leyser, medieval historian and Fellow of St Peter's College, OxfordAlexander Murray, medieval historian and emeritus fellow of University College, OxfordAnthony Kenny, philosopher and former Master of Balliol College, Oxford.
3 November 2005 	Asteroids – celestial bodies from the beginning of time 	Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, Open UniversityCarolin Crawford, Royal Society Research Fellow, University of CambridgeJohn Zarnecki, Professor of Space Science, Open University.
27 October 2005 	Samuel Johnson and His Circle – life with the professional man of letters 	John Mullan, Professor of English at University College LondonJim McLaverty, Professor of English at Keele UniversityJudith Hawley, Senior Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London.
20 October 2005 	Cynicism – bold and populist, the history of a shocking philosophy 	Angie Hobbs, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of WarwickMiriam Griffin, Fellow of Somerville College, OxfordJohn Moles, Professor of Latin, University of Newcastle.
13 October 2005 	The Rise of the Mammals – life in a cold climate 	Richard Corfield, Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences at the Open UniversitySteve Jones, Professor of Genetics at University College LondonJane Francis, Professor of Palaeoclimatology at the University of Leeds.
6 October 2005 	Field of the Cloth of Gold – a Renaissance entente cordiale 	Steven Gunn, Lecturer in Modern History at Oxford UniversityJohn Guy, Fellow of Clare College, University of CambridgePenny Roberts, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Warwick.
29 September 2005 	Magnetism – an attractive history 	Stephen Pumfrey, Senior Lecturer in the History of Science at the University of LancasterJohn Heilbron, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of California, BerkeleyLisa Jardine, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London.
=== 2004–2005 ===
In 2005 listeners were invited to vote in a poll for the greatest philosopher in history. The winner was the subject of the final programme before the summer break. The vote was won by Karl Marx with 27.9% of the votes. Other shortlisted figures were David Hume (12.7%), Ludwig Wittgenstein (6.8%), Friedrich Nietzsche (6.5%), Plato (5.6%), Immanuel Kant (5.6%), Thomas Aquinas (4.8%), Socrates (4.8%), Aristotle (4.5%) and Karl Popper (4.2%)."In Our Times Greatest Philiosopher Vote", BBC Radio 4 site.
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
14 July 2005 	Karl Marx – In Our Time's Greatest Philosopher 	Anthony Grayling, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London Francis Wheen, journalist and author of a biography of Karl Marx Gareth Stedman Jones, Professor of Political Science at Cambridge University.
7 July 2005 	Christopher Marlowe – poet, spy, atheist, murder victim? 	Katherine Duncan-Jones, senior research fellow in the English Faculty of Oxford University Jonathan Bate, Professor of English Literature, University of Warwick Emma J. Smith, Lecturer in English, Oxford University.
30 June 2005 	Merlin – the original Welsh wizard 	Juliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in the Department of Welsh at Cardiff University Stephen Knight, Distinguished Research Professor in English Literature at Cardiff University Peter Forshaw, Lecturer in Renaissance Philosophies at Birkbeck, University of London.
23 June 2005 	The K–T boundary – did the dinosaurs burn out or fade away? 	Simon Kelley, Head of Department in the Department of Earth Sciences, Open University Jane Francis, Professor of Palaeoclimatology, University of Leeds Mike Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol.
16 June 2005 	Paganism in the Renaissance – how the classical gods returned to the Christian cities 	Tom Healy, Professor of Renaissance Studies, Birkbeck College, University of London Charles Hope, Director of the Warburg Institute and Professor of the History of the Classical Tradition, University of London Evelyn Welch, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London.
9 June 2005 	The Scriblerus Club – the satirists-in-chief of the 18th century 	John Mullan, Senior Lecturer in English, University College London Judith Hawley, Senior Lecturer in English, Royal Holloway, University of London Marcus Walsh, Kenneth Allott Professor of English Literature, University of Liverpool.
2 June 2005 	Renaissance Maths – the birth of modern mathematics? 	Robert D. Kaplan, co-founder of the Maths Circle at Harvard UniversityJim Bennett, Director of the Museum of Science and Fellow of Linacre College, University of Oxford Jackie Stedall, research fellow in the History of Mathematics, The Queen's College, Oxford
26 May 2005 	The Terror – when Madame Guillotine ruled France 	Mike Broers, Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall Rebecca Spang, Lecturer in Modern History at University College London Tim Blanning, Professor of Modern European History at the University of Cambridge.
19 May 2005 	Beauty – the philosophy of beauty 	Angie Hobbs, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick Susan James, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London Julian Baggini, Editor of The Philosophers' Magazine.
5 May 2005 	Abelard and Heloise – love, sex and theology in 12th century Paris 	Anthony Grayling, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London Henrietta Leyser, Medieval Historian and Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford Michael Clanchy, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the Institute of Historical Research.
28 April 2005 	Perception and the Senses – how do we see what we see? 	Richard Gregory, senior research fellow in the Department of Experimental Psychology, Bristol UniversityDavid Moore, Director of the Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, University of Nottingham Gemma Calvert, Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Bath.
21 April 2005 	The Aeneid – the Roman history of the world 	Edith Hall, Leverhulme Professor of Greek Cultural History, Durham UniversityPhilip Hardie, Corpus Christi Professor of Latin at the University of Oxford Catharine Edwards, Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, Birkbeck College University of London
14 April 2005 	Archaeology and Imperialism – conquest of the past 	Tim Champion, Professor of Archaeology, University of SouthamptonRichard Parkinson, Assistant Keeper in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum Eleanor Robson, Lecturer in the History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
7 April 2005 	Alfred and the Battle of Edington – without Alfred, no England? 	Richard Gameson, Reader in Medieval History, University of Kent at Canterbury Sarah Foot, Professor of Early Medieval History, University of Sheffield John Hines, Professor in the School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University.
31 March 2005 	John Ruskin – a different kind of Victorian 	Dinah Birch, Professor of English, Liverpool University Keith Hanley, Professor of English Literature and Director of the Ruskin Programme, Lancaster University Stefan Collini, Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature, University of Cambridge.
24 March 2005 	Angels – how they got their wings 	Martin Palmer, theologian and Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and CultureValery Rees, Renaissance Scholar at the School of Economic Science John Haldane, Professor of Philosophy, University of St Andrews
17 March 2005 	Dark Energy – the unknown force breaking the universe apart 	Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics, Cambridge University Carolin Crawford, Royal Society University Research Fellow at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge Roger Penrose, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Maths at Oxford University.
10 March 2005 	Modernist Utopias – the original 21st century 	John Carey, Emeritus Professor of English Literature, Oxford University and editor of The Faber Book of Utopias Steve Connor, Professor of Modern Literature at Birkbeck, University of LondonLaura Marcus, Professor of English, University of Sussex.
3 March 2005 	Stoicism – the search for inner calm 	Angie Hobbs, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of WarwickJonathan Rée, philosopher and historianDavid Sedley, Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy, University of Cambridge.
24 February 2005 	Alchemy – seeking the perfection of all things 	Peter Forshaw, Lecturer in Renaissance Philosophies at Birkbeck, University of London Lauren Kassell, Lecturer in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge Stephen Pumfrey, Senior Lecturer in the History of Science at the University of Lancaster.
17 February 2005 	The Cambrian Explosion – the big bang of evolutionary history 	Simon Conway Morris, Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology, Cambridge University Richard Corfield, Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research, Open UniversityJane Francis, Professor of Palaeoclimatology, University of Leeds.
13 January 2005 	The Mind/Body Problem – does the mind rule the body or the body rule the mind? 	Anthony Grayling, Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of LondonJulian Baggini, editor of The Philosophers' MagazineSue James, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London.
6 January 2005 	The Assassination of Tsar Alexander II – did his killing cause the Russian Revolution? 	Orlando Figes, Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London Dominic Lieven, Professor of Russian Government, London School of EconomicsCatriona Kelly, Professor of Russian, Oxford University
30 December 2004 	The Roman Republic – what were Rome's republican ideals? 	Greg Woolf, Professor of Ancient History at St Andrews UniversityCatherine Steel, Lecturer in Classics at the University of Glasgow Tom Holland, historian and author of Rubicon: the Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic.
23 December 2004 	Faust – the original pact with the Devil 	Juliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in the Department of Welsh at the University College of Wales in Cardiff and Secretary of the Folklore Society Osman Durrani, Professor of German at the University of Kent at Canterbury Rosemary Ashton, Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London.
16 December 2004 	The Second Law of Thermodynamics – the most important thing you will ever know 	John Gribbin, Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex Peter Atkins, Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University Monica Grady, Head of Petrology and Meteoritics at the Natural History Museum.
9 December 2004 	Machiavelli and the Italian City States – high politics and low cunning in the Italian Renaissance	Quentin Skinner, Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge Evelyn Welch, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of LondonLisa Jardine, Director of the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters at Queen Mary, University of London.
2 December 2004 	Carl Gustav Jung – Discovering the Self 	Brett Kahr, Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Psychotherapy and Mental Health at the Centre for Child Mental Health in London and a practising Freudian Ronald Hayman, writer and biographer of Jung Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology at the University of Essex and a Jungian analyst in clinical practice.
25 November 2004 	The Venerable Bede – the father of English history 	Richard Gameson, Reader in Medieval History at the University of Kent at Canterbury Sarah Foot, Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of SheffieldMichelle Brown, a manuscript specialist from the British Library.
18 November 2004 	Higgs Boson – the search for the God particle 	Jim Al-Khalili, Senior Lecturer in Physics at the University of Surrey David Wark, Professor of Experimental Physics at Imperial College London and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Professor Roger Cashmore, former Research Director at CERN and now Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford.
11 November 2004 	Zoroastrianism – was the religion of the Persian Empire the first monotheism? 	Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Curator of Ancient Iranian Coins in the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum Farrokh Vajifdar, Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society Alan Williams, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Religion at the University of Manchester.
4 November 2004 	Electrickery – the origins of electricity 	Simon Schaffer, Professor in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Darwin CollegePatricia Fara, historian of science and a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge Iwan Morus, Lecturer in the History of Science at Queen's University Belfast
28 October 2004 	Rhetoric – from the original sophists to latter-day demagogues 	Angie Hobbs, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick Thomas Healy, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London Ceri Sullivan, Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Wales, Bangor.
21 October 2004 	Witchcraft – Reformation Europe turned upon itself 	Alison Rowlands, Senior Lecturer in European History at the University of Essex Lyndal Roper, Fellow and Tutor in History at Balliol College, University of Oxford Malcolm Gaskill, Fellow and Director of Studies in History at Churchill College, Cambridge.
14 October 2004 	The Han Synthesis – creating the Chinese cosmos 	Christopher Cullen, Director of the Needham Research Institute Carol Michaelson, Assistant Keeper of Chinese Art in the Department of Asia at the British Museum Roel Sterckx, Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Cambridge.
7 October 2004 	Jean-Paul Sartre – a man condemned to be free 	Benedict O'Donohoe, Principal Lecturer in French at the University of the West of England and Secretary of the ;UK Society for Sartrean Studies Christina Howells, Professor of French at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Wadham College.
30 September 2004 	Politeness – the great 18th century craze 	Amanda Vickery, Reader in History at Royal Holloway, University of London David Wootton, Professor of History at the University of York John Mullan, Senior Lecturer in English at University College London.
23 September 2004 	The Origins of Life – how it all began 	Richard Dawkins, Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University Richard Corfield, Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research at the Open UniversityLinda Partridge, Biology and Biotechnology Research Council Professor at University College London.
16 September 2004 	Agincourt – the real facts behind the battle. 	Anne Curry, Professor of Medieval History at Southampton University Michael Jones, medieval historian and writeJohn Watts, Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
9 September 2004 	The Odyssey – Homer's epic tale of Odysseus' return home 	Simon Goldhill, Professor of Greek at King's College, CambridgeEdith Hall, Leverhulme Professor of Greek Cultural History at Durham UniversityOliver Taplin, Classics Scholar and Translator at Oxford University.
2 September 2004 	Pi – the number that doesn't add up 	Robert D. Kaplan, co-founder of the Maths Circle at Harvard University Eleanor Robson, Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge UniversityIan Stewart, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick.
=== 2003–2004 ===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
24 June 2004 	George Washington and the American Revolution – the most significant event in history 	Carol Berkin, Professor of History at The City University of New York Simon Middleton, Lecturer in American History at the University of East Anglia Colin Bonwick, Professor Emeritus in American History at Keele University.
17 June 2004 	Renaissance Magic – the great passion of the age 	Peter Forshaw, Lecturer in Renaissance Philosophies at Birkbeck, University of London Valery Rees, Renaissance historian and a translator of Ficino's lettersJonathan Sawday, Professor of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde.
10 June 2004 	Empiricism – the English philosophy? 	Judith Hawley, Senior Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London Murray Pittock, Professor of Scottish and Romantic Literature at the University of Manchester Jonathan Rée, philosopher and author of Philosophy and its Past.
3 June 2004 	Babylon – the great forgotten civilisation 	Eleanor Robson, Lecturer in the History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge UniversityIrving Finkel, Curator in the Department of the Ancient Near East at the British MuseumAndrew George, Professor of Babylonian at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
27 May 2004 	Planets – the astronomy of the 21st century 	Paul Murdin, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge Hugh Jones, planet hunter and Reader in Astrophysics at Liverpool John Moores UniversityCarolin Crawford, Royal Society Research Fellow at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge
20 May 2004 	Toleration – from medieval intolerance to religious freedom 	Justin Champion, Professor of the History of Early Modern Ideas at Royal Holloway, University of LondonDavid Wootton, Professor of Intellectual History at Queen Mary, University of London Sarah Barber, Senior Lecturer in History at Lancaster University
13 May 2004 	Zero – everything about nothing 	Robert D. Kaplan, co-founder of the Maths Circle at Harvard University and author of The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero Ian Stewart, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick Lisa Jardine, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London.
6 May 2004 	Heroism – do we live in an heroic age? 	Angie Hobbs, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick and author of Plato and the Hero: Courage, Manliness and the Impersonal Good Anthony Grayling, Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of LondonPaul Cartledge, Professor of Greek History at the University of Cambridge.
29 April 2004 	Tea – an empire in a teacup 	Huw Bowen, Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of LeicesterJames Walvin, Professor of History at the University of York Amanda Vickery, Reader in History at Royal Holloway, University of London.
22 April 2004 	Hysteria – the normal state of human beings? 	Juliet Mitchell, Professor of Psychoanalysis and Gender Studies at the University of Cambridge and author of Mad Men and Medusas: Reclaiming Hysteria and the Effects of Sibling Relations on the Human Condition Rachel Bowlby, Professor of English at the University of York who has written the introduction to the latest Penguin translation of Sigmund Freud and Joseph Breuer's Studies in HysteriaBrett Kahr, Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Psychotherapy and Mental Health at the Centre for Child Mental Health in London.
15 April 2004 	The Later Romantics – the world of Byron, Keats and Shelley 	Jonathan Bate, Professor of English Literature at the University of Warwick Robert Woof, Director of the Wordsworth Trust Jennifer Wallace, Director of Studies in English at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
8 April 2004 	The Fall – how Adam and Eve affect us all 	Martin Palmer, theologian and Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and CultureGriselda Pollock, Professor of Art History at the University of Leeds John Carey, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Oxford University.
1 April 2004 	China: The Warring States period – the fiery beginnings of Chinese civilisation 	Chris Cullen, Director of the Needham Research Institute at Cambridge UniversityVivienne Lo, Lecturer at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine Carol Michaelson, Assistant Keeper of Chinese Art in the Department of Oriental Antiquities at the British Museum.
25 March 2004 	Theories of Everything – still the holy grail of physics? 	Brian Greene, Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University and author of The Fabric of the Cosmos John Barrow, Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge and author of The Constants of Nature Val Gibson, particle physicist from the Cavendish Laboratory and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
18 March 2004 	The Roman Empire's Decline and Fall – was Edward Gibbon right about the reasons? ( Repeat of episode 5 April 2001 )	Charlotte Roueché, historian of late antiquity at King's College LondonDavid Womersley, Fellow and Tutor at Jesus College, Oxford and editor of Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireRichard Alston, Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London.
11 March 2004 	The Norse Gods – the great myths of pagan Europe 	Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John's College, OxfordHeather O'Donoghue, Vigfusson Rausing Reader in Ancient Icelandic Literature in the Department of English at Oxford UniversityJohn Hines, Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University.
4 March 2004 	Dreams – is there a science of dreams? 	VS Ramachandran, Professor and Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition at the University of California, San Diego Mark Solms, Professor of Neuropsychology at the University of Cape TownMartin Conway, Professor of Psychology at the University of Durham.
26 February 2004 	The Mughal Empire – the glory of India 	Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Professor of Indian History and Culture at the University of OxfordSusan Stronge, Curator in the Asian Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonChandrika Kaul, Lecturer in Imperial History at the University of St Andrews.
19 February 2004 	Rutherford – the father of nuclear physics 	Simon Schaffer, Professor in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of CambridgeJim Al-Khalili, Senior Lecturer in Physics at the University of SurreyPatricia Fara, Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge.
12 February 2004 	The Sublime – defining the state of awe 	Janet Todd, Professor of English Literature at the University of Glasgow Annie Janowitz, Professor of Romantic Poetry at Queen Mary, University of London Peter de Bolla, Lecturer in English at the University of Cambridge
5 February 2004 	The Battle of Thermopylae – battle that defined East and West 	Tom Holland, historian and author of Persian FireSimon Goldhill, Professor in Greek Literature and Culture at King's College, Cambridge Edith Hall, Leverhulme Professor of Greek Cultural History at the University of Durham and author of Inventing the Barbarian: Greek Self-Definition through Tragedy.
29 January 2004 	Cryptography – secret history of ciphers and codes 	Simon Singh, science writer and author of The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking Professor Fred Piper, Director of the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway, University of London and co-author of Cryptography: A Very Short Introduction Lisa Jardine, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London and author of Ingenious Pursuits.
26 December 2003 	Lamarck and Natural Selection – the Lamarckian Heresy 	Sandy Knapp, Senior Botanist at the Natural History MuseumSteve Jones, Professor of Genetics in the Galton Laboratory at University College London and author of Almost Like a Whale: The Origin of Species Updated Simon Conway Morris, Professor of Evolutionary Paleobiology at Cambridge University.
18 December 2003 	The Alphabet – its creation and development 	Eleanor Robson, historian of Ancient Iraq and Fellow of All Souls College, OxfordAlan Millard, Rankin Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Ancient Semitic Languages at the University of Liverpool Rosalind Thomas, Professor of Greek History at Royal Holloway, University of London
11 December 2003 	The Devil – a brief biography 	Martin Palmer, theologian and Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and CultureAlison Rowlands, Senior Lecturer in European History at the University of Essex David Wootton, Professor of Intellectual History at Queen Mary, University of London.
4 December 2003 	Wittgenstein – a philosophy of linguistics 	Ray Monk, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton and author of Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius Barry Smith, Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London Marie McGinn, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of York.
27 November 2003 	St Bartholomew's Day Massacre – slaughter in Paris. 	Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University and author of a new book: Reformation: Europe's House Divided 1490–1700 Mark Greengrass, Professor of History at the University of Sheffield Penny Roberts, Lecturer in History at the University of Warwick.
20 November 2003 	Ageing the Earth – a journey in geological time. 	Richard Corfield, Research Associate in the Department of Earth Sciences at Oxford University Hazel Rymer, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Earth Sciences at the Open University Henry Gee, Senior Editor at Nature.
13 November 2003 	Duty – concepts of obligation. 	Angie Hobbs, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of WarwickAnnabel Brett, Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge Anthony Grayling, Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London.
6 November 2003 	Sensation – the best sellers of the 19th century. 	John Mullan, Senior Lecturer in English at University College LondonLyn Pykett, Professor of English and Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth Dinah Birch, Professor of English at the University of Liverpool
30 October 2003 	Robin Hood – the greatest of English myths. 	Stephen Knight, Professor of English Literature at Cardiff University and author of Robin Hood: A Mythic BiographyThomas Hahn, Professor of English Literature at the University of Rochester, New York Juliette Wood, Secretary of the Folklore Society.
23 October 2003 	Infinity – a brief history. 	Ian Stewart, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick Robert D. Kaplan, co-founder of The Math Circle at Harvard University and author of The Art of the Infinite: Our Lost Language of Numbers Sarah Rees, Reader in Pure Mathematics at the University of Newcastle.
16 October 2003 	The Schism – between East and West in Christianity. 	Henrietta Leyser, medieval historian and Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford Norman Housley, Professor of Medieval History at the University of LeicesterJonathan Shepard, editor of the Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire.
9 October 2003 	Bohemianism – a life of art, freedom and poverty 	Hermione Lee, Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and biographer of Virginia Woolf Virginia Nicholson, author of Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900–1939 Graham Robb, writer and biographer of Balzac, Victor Hugo and Rimbaud.
2 October 2003 	James Clerk Maxwell – great 19th century physicist 	Simon Schaffer, Reader in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge Peter Harman, Professor of the History of Science at Lancaster University and editor of The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell Joanna Haigh, Professor of Atmospheric Physics at Imperial College London
=== 2002–2003 ===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
17 July 2003 	The Apocalypse – was it a revelation? 	Martin Palmer, theologian and Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture Marina Benjamin, journalist and author of Living at the End of the World Justin Champion, Reader in the History of Early Modern Ideas at Royal Holloway College, University of London.
10 July 2003 	Nature – from Homer to Darwin 	Jonathan Bate, Professor of English Literature at the University of Warwick Roger Scruton, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Buckingham Karen Edwards, Lecturer in English at the University of Exeter.
3 July 2003 	Vulcanology – significance of volcanoes. 	Hilary Downes, Professor of Geochemistry at Birkbeck, University of London Steve Self, Professor of Vulcanology at the Open University Bill McGuire, Benfield Professor of Geophysical Hazards at University College London.
26 June 2003 	The East India Company – a corporate route to Empire. 	Huw Bowen, Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Leicester Linda Colley, School Professor of History at the London School of Economics Maria Misra, Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Keble College, Oxford.
19 June 2003 	The Aristocracy – how the ruling class survives 	David Cannadine, Director of the University of London's Institute of Historical Research and author of The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy Rosemary Sweet, Lecturer in History at the University of Leicester Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Professorial Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London.
12 June 2003 	The Art of War – maintaining the objective? 	Michael Howard, Emeritus Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford Angie Hobbs, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick Jeremy Black, Professor of History at the University of Exeter.
5 June 2003 	The Lunar Society – scientific ferment 200 years ago. 	Simon Schaffer, Reader in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge Jenny Uglow, Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Warwick and author of The Lunar Men: The Friends who Made the Future Peter Jones, Professor of French History at the University of Birmingham.
29 May 2003 	Memory – and the brain 	Martin Conway, Professor of Psychology at Durham University Mike Kopelman, Professor of Neuropsychiatry at King's College London and St Thomas' Hospital Kim Graham, Senior Scientist at the Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.
22 May 2003 	Blood – its religious, medical and moral significance 	Miri Rubin, Professor of European History at Queen Mary, University of London Anne Hardy, Reader in the History of Medicine at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London Jonathan Sawday, Professor of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde.
15 May 2003 	The Holy Grail – just a medieval myth? 	Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John's College, Oxford Jonathan Riley-Smith, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge University Juliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in the Department of Welsh at the University College of Wales in Cardiff.
8 May 2003 	The Jacobite Rebellion – could it have succeeded? 	Murray Pittock, Professor of English Literature at the University of Strathclyde Stana Nenadic, Senior Lecturer in Social History at Edinburgh University Allan Macinnes, Burnett-Fletcher Professor of History at Aberdeen University.
1 May 2003 	Roman Britain – the effects of 400 years of occupation 	Greg Woolf, Professor of Ancient History at St Andrews University Mary Beard, Reader in Classics at Cambridge University Catharine Edwards, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at Birkbeck College, London University.
24 April 2003 	Youth – from Adonis to James Dean 	Tim Whitmarsh, Lecturer in Hellenistic Literature at Exeter University Thomas Healy, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Birkbeck College, London Deborah Thom, Lecturer in History at Robinson College, Cambridge
17 April 2003 	Proust – his life and work 	Jacqueline Rose, Professor of English Literature at Queen Mary, University of London and author of Albertine Malcolm Bowie, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge and author of Proust among the Stars Robert Fraser, senior research fellow in the Literature Department at the Open University and author of Proust and the Victorians.
3 April 2003 	The Spanish Civil War – causes and legacy 	Paul Preston, Principe de Asturias Professor of Contemporary Spanish History at the London School of Economics Helen Graham, Professor of Spanish History at Royal Holloway, University of London Mary Vincent, Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at Sheffield University.
27 March 2003 	Supernovas – the life cycle of stars 	Paul Murdin, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge Janna Levin, Advanced Fellow in Theoretical Physics in the Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge Phil Charles, Professor of Astronomy at Southampton University.
20 March 2003 	Originality – is it just a romantic notion? 	John Deathridge, King Edward Professor of Music at King's College London Jonathan Rée, philosopher and author of Philosophical Tales Professor Catherine Belsey, Chair of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory at Cardiff University
13 March 2003 	Redemption – the concept of salvation 	Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford Janet Soskice, Reader in Modern Theology and Philosophical Theology at Cambridge University Stephen Mulhall, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Oxford University.
6 March 2003 	Meteorology – why does it still fascinate us? 	Vladimir Janković, Wellcome Research Lecturer at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at Manchester UniversityRichard Hamblyn, writer Liba Taub, Director of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science at Cambridge University.
27 February 2003 	The Aztecs – looking behind the myths 	Alan Knight, Professor of the History of Latin America at Oxford University and author of Mexico: From the Beginning to the Spanish Conquest Adrian Locke, co-curator of the Aztecs exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts Elizabeth Graham, Senior Lecturer in Mesoamerican Archaeology at University College London.
20 February 2003 	The Lindisfarne Gospels – unifying Christianity in Britain	Richard Gameson, Reader in Medieval History at Kent University and editor of St Augustine and the Conversion of England Professor Clare Lees, Professor of Medieval Literature at King's College London and author of Tradition and Belief: Religious Writing in Late Anglo-Saxon England.
13 February 2003 	Chance and Design in Evolution – Design in Nature 	Simon Conway Morris, Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology at Cambridge University and author of The Crucible of Creation – the Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals Sandy Knapp, botanist at the Natural History Museum John Brooke, Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University.
6 February 2003 	The Epic – from Homer to Joyce 	John Carey, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Oxford University Karen Edwards, Lecturer in English at Exeter University Oliver Taplin, Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford.
19 December 2002 	The Calendar – a history of the Calendar 	Robert Poole, Reader in History at St Martin's College Lancaster and author of Time's Alteration, Calendar Reform in Early Modern England Kristen Lippincott, Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich Peter Watson, Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at Cambridge University and author of A Terrible Beauty – A History of the People and Ideas that Shaped the Modern Mind.
12 December 2002 	Man and Disease – the fight against diseases and plagues 	Anne Hardy, Reader in the History of Medicine at the Wellcome Trust Centre at University College LondonDavid Bradley, Professor of Tropical Hygiene at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Chris Dye, epidemiologist with the World Health Organisation.
5 December 2002 	The Scottish Enlightenment – how enlightened? 	Professor Tom Devine, Director of the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen Karen O'Brien, Reader in English and American Literature at the University of Warwick Alexander Broadie, Professor of Logic and Rhetoric at the University of Glasgow.
28 November 2002 	Imagination – just what is it? 	Susan Stuart, Lecturer in Philosophy of Mind at the University of Glasgow Steven Mithen, Professor of Early Prehistory at the University of Reading Semir Zeki, Professor of Neurobiology at the University of London and author of Inner Vision: An Exploration of Art and the Brain.
21 November 2002 	Muslim Spain – a culture of tolerance? 	Tim Winter, a convert to Islam and lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University Martin Palmer, Anglican lay preacher and theologian and author of The Sacred History of Britain Mehri Niknam, executive director of the Maimonides Foundation, a joint Jewish-Muslim Interfaith Foundation in London.
14 November 2002 	Victorian Realism – how real? 	Philip Davis, Reader in English Literature at the University of Liverpool and author of "The Victorians", a volume of the New Oxford English Literary History A. N. Wilson, novelist, biographer and author of The Victorians Dinah Birch, Fellow and tutor in English at Trinity College, Oxford.
7 November 2002 	Human Nature – innate or nurtured? 	Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Centre of Cognitive Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Janet Radcliffe Richards, Philosopher, Reader in Bioethics, University College London John Gray, Professor of European Thought, London School of Economics.
31 October 2002 	Architecture and Power – imagery of imperialism 	Adrian Tinniswood, Architectural historianGavin Stamp, Senior Lecturer, Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of ArtGillian Darley, Architectural historian and biographer of John Soane.
24 October 2002 	The Scientist in History – missionary or monster? 	John Gribbin, Visiting Fellow in Astronomy, University of SussexPatricia Fara, Lecturer on the History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge UniversityHugh Pennington, Head of the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Aberdeen.
17 October 2002 	Slavery and Empire – were Britons also captives? 	Linda Colley, School Professor of History, LSECatherine Hall, Professor of Modern British Social and Cultural History, University College LondonFelipe Fernández-Armesto, Professorial Research Fellow, Queen Mary College London.
=== 2001–2002 ===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
18 July 2002 	History of Heritage 	David Cannadine, Director of the University of London's Institute of Historical ResearchMiri Rubin, Professor of European History at Queen Mary, University of LondonPeter Mandler, Fellow in History, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
11 July 2002 	Psychoanalysis – do people crave dictatorship? 	Adam Phillips, general editor of the new Penguin translations of FreudSally Alexander, Professor of History, Goldsmiths College, University of LondonMalcolm Bowie, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature and Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford.
4 July 2002 	Freedom – a principle worth fighting and dying for? 	John Keane, Professor of Politics, University of WestminsterBernard Williams, Professor of Philosophy, University of CaliforniaAnnabel Brett, Lecturer in History, University of Cambridge.
27 June 2002 	Cultural Imperialism – should we try to prevent it? 	Linda Colley, School Professor of History, London School of EconomicsPhillip Dodd, Director, Institute of Contemporary ArtsMary Beard, Reader in Classics, Cambridge University.
20 June 2002 	Richard Wagner – his influence on the German spirit. 	John Deathridge, King Edward the Seventh Professor of Music, King's College LondonLucy Beckett, author of Richard Wagner: ParsifalMichael Tanner, philosopher and author of Wagner and Nietzsche.
13 June 2002 	The American West – was it an "experiment of liberty"? 	Frank McLynn, Visiting Professor in the Department of Literature, University of StrathclydeJenni Calder, author of There Must Be a Lone Ranger: The myth and reality of the American Wild WestChristopher Frayling, Rector of the Royal College of Art.
6 June 2002 	The Soul – the key to our individuality as humans? 	Richard Sorabji, Gresham Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham CollegeRuth Padel, poet and authorMartin Palmer, Theologian and Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture.
30 May 2002 	The Grand Tour – what drove this desire for travel? 	Chloe Chard, Literary historianJeremy Black, Professor of History, University of Exeter
Edward Chaney, Professor of Fine and Decorative Arts, Southampton Institute.
23 May 2002 	History of Drug] – their role in medicine and the arts 	Richard Davenport-Hines, historian and author of The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of NarcoticsSadie Plant, author of Writing on DrugsMike Jay, historian and author of Emperors of Dreams: Drugs in the Nineteenth Century.
16 May 2002 	Chaos Theory – was the universe chaotic or orderly? 	Susan Greenfield, senior research fellow, Lincoln College, Oxford UniversityDavid Papineau, Professor of the Philosophy of Science, King's College LondonNeil Johnson, University Lecturer in Physics at Oxford University.
9 May 2002 	The Examined Life – is an unexamined life worth living? 	Anthony Grayling, Reader in Philosophy, Birkbeck, University of LondonJanet Radcliffe Richards, Philosopher of Science and Reader in Bioethics, University College, LondonJulian Baggini, Editor, The Philosopher's Magazine and co-editor of New British Philosophy: The Interviews.
2 May 2002 	Physics of Reality – Quantum Mechanics 	Roger Penrose, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics, Oxford UniversityFay Dowker, Lecturer in Theoretical Physics, Queen Mary, University of LondonTony Sudbery, Professor of Mathematics, University of York.
25 April 2002 	Tolstoy – the influence of the Russian Novel 	A N Wilson, Novelist, journalist and biographer of TolstoyCatriona Kelly, Reader in Russian, Oxford University
Sarah Hudspith, Lecturer in Russian, University of Leeds.
11 April 2002 	Bohemia – what did it mean to be Bohemian? 	Norman Davies, Professor Emeritus, University of LondonKarin Friedrich, Lecturer in History, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College LondonRobert Pynsent, Professor of Czech and Slovak Literature, University College London
4 April 2002 	Extraterrestrial life – new life within our solar system	Simon Goodwin, Researcher in Astronomy, Cardiff University
Heather Couper, Space expertIan Stewart, Professor of Mathematics, Warwick University.
28 March 2002 	The Artist – a special kind of human being? 	Emma Barker, Lecturer in Art History, The Open UniversityThomas Healy, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Birkbeck University of LondonTim Blanning, Professor of Modern European History at the University of Cambridge.
21 March 2002 	Marriage – its various forms and the role of the State 	Janet Soskice, Reader in Modern Theology and Philosophical Theology, Cambridge UniversityFrederik Pedersen, Lecturer in History, Aberdeen UniversityChristina Hardyment, Social historian and journalist.
14 March 2002 	The Buddha – why has it captured the spirit of our age? 	Peter Harvey, Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of SunderlandKate Crosby, Lecturer in Buddhist Studies, SOASMahinda Deagallee, Lecturer in the Study of Religions, Bath Spa University College and a Buddhist Monk from the Theravada tradition in Sri Lanka.
7 March 2002 	John Milton – poet or politician? 	John Carey, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Oxford UniversityLisa Jardine, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary College, University of London and Honorary Fellow of King's College CambridgeBlair Worden, Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Sussex.
28 February 2002 	Virtue – is it derived from reason? 	Galen Strawson, Professor of Philosophy at the University of ReadingMiranda Fricker, Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of LondonRoger Crisp, Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Anne's College, Oxford.
21 February 2002 	The Celts – what were the Celts in Britain really like? 	Barry Cunliffe, Professor of European Archaeology at Oxford UniversityAlistair Moffat, Historian and author of The Sea Kingdoms – The Story of Celtic Britain and IrelandMiranda Aldhouse Green, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Wales.
14 February 2002 	Anatomy – 2000 years of anatomical study 	Harold Ellis, Clinical Anatomist, School of Biomedical Sciences, King's College, LondonRuth Richardson, Historian, and author of Death, Dissection and the Destitute, Phoenix PressAndrew Cunningham, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in the History of Medicine, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University.
7 February 2002 	The Universe's Shape 	Martin Rees, Royal Society Research Professor in Astronomy and Physics, Cambridge UniversityJulian Barbour, Independent Theoretical PhysicistJanna Levin, Advanced Fellow in Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge.
31 January 2002 	W. B. Yeats and Mysticism 	Roy Foster, Carroll Professor of Irish History at Oxford UniversityWarwick Gould, Director of the Institute of English Studies, University of LondonBrenda Maddox, author of George's Ghosts: A New Life of W B Yeats
24 January 2002 	Happiness 	Angie Hobbs, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of WarwickSimon Blackburn, Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge UniversityAnthony Grayling, Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London.
17 January 2002 	Catharism 	Malcolm Barber, Professor of Medieval History at the University of ReadingMiri Rubin, Professor of Medieval History at Queen Mary, University of LondonEuan Cameron, Professor of Modern History at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
10 January 2002 	Nuclear Physics 	Jim Al-Khalili, Senior Lecturer in Physics at the University of SurreyChristine Sutton, Particle Physicist and Lecturer in Physics at St Catherine's College OxfordJohn Gribbin, Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex.
3 January 2002 	Sensibility 	Claire Tomalin, literary biographer and author of Jane Austen: A Life and The Life and Death of Mary WollstonecraftJohn Mullan, Senior Lecturer in English at University College LondonHermione Lee, Goldsmiths Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford.
27 December 2001 	History of food in Modern Europe 	Rebecca Spang, Lecturer in Modern History at University College LondonIvan Day, food historianFelipe Fernández-Armesto, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University.
20 December 2001 	Rome and European Civilization 	Mary Beard, Reader in Classics at Cambridge University, Catherine Edwards, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at Birkbeck College, London UniversityGreg Woolf, Professor of Ancient History at St Andrews University.
13 December 2001 	Genetics 	Steve Jones, Professor of Genetics and Head of the Galton Laboratory at University College LondonRichard Dawkins, genetic scientist, Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University Linda Partridge, Natural Environment Research Council Research Professor at the Galton Laboratory, University College London
6 December 2001 	Oscar Wilde 	Valentine Cunningham, Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford UniversityRegenia Gagnier, Professor of English at the University of Exeter Neil Sammells, Dean of Humanities at Bath Spa University and author of Wilde Style.
29 November 2001 	Third Crusade 	Jonathan Riley-Smith, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge University and author of many books on the CrusadesCarole Hillenbrand, Professor of Islamic History at the University of EdinburghTariq Ali, novelist, playwright and author of The Book of Saladin.
22 November 2001 	Oceanography 	Margaret Deacon, visiting research fellow at Southampton Oceanography Centre and author of Scientists and the SeaTony Rice, biological oceanographer and author of Deep OceanSimon Schaffer, Reader in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of Darwin College.
15 November 2001 	Surrealism 	Dawn Adiss, Professor of Art History and Theory at the University of EssexMalcolm Bowie, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature at Oxford University and a fellow of All Souls CollegeDarian Leader, the psychoanalyst
8 November 2001 	The British Empire 	Maria Misra, Lecturer in Modern History and Fellow of Keble College OxfordPeter Cain, Research Professor in History at Sheffield Hallam UniversityCatherine Hall, Professor of Modern Social and Cultural History at University College London
1 November 2001 	Confucius 	Frances Wood, Curator of the Chinese section of the British LibraryTim Barrett Professor of East Asian History at SOAS, the School of African and Oriental Studies at London University
Tao Tao Liu, Tutorial Fellow in Oriental Studies at Wadham College, Cambridge University.
25 October 2001 	Napoleon and Wellington 	Andrew Roberts, military historianMike Broers, University of AberdeenBelinda Beaton, from the Department of History of Art, at Oxford University.
18 October 2001 	Democracy 	Melissa Lane, University Lecturer in the History of Political ThoughtDavid Wootton, Professor of Intellectual History at Queen Mary College, LondonTim Winter, Assistant Muslim Chaplain at Cambridge University where he is lecturer in Islamic Studies.
=== 2000–2001 ===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
19 July 2001 	Byzantium 	Charlotte Roueché, Reader in Classical and Byzantine Greek, King's College LondonJohn Julius Norwich, author of a three-part history of Byzantium: The Early Centuries, The Apogee and Decline and FallLiz James Senior Lecturer in the History of Art, University of Sussex.
12 July 2001 	Dickens 	Rosemary Ashton, Professor of English at University College LondonMichael Slater, Professor of Victorian Literature at Birkbeck College, University of London and editor of The Dent Uniform Edition of Dickens' JournalismJohn Bowen Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Keele.
5 July 2001 	The Earth's Origins 	Simon Winchester, author of The Map That Changed the World: the Tale of William Smith and the Birth of A ScienceCherry Lewis, geologist and author of The Dating Game: One Man's Search for the Age of the EarthJohn Cosgrove Structural Geologist from the Royal School of Mines at Imperial College, London
28 June 2001 	Existentialism 	A. C. Grayling, Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of LondonChristina Howells, Professor of French at the University of Oxford, fellow of Wadham CollegeSimon Critchley Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex and author of A Companion to Continental Philosophy.
21 June 2001 	The Sonnet 	Frank Kermode, author of many books including Shakespeare's LanguagePhillis Levin, Poet in Residence and Professor of English at Hofstra UniversityJonathan Bate King Alfred Professor of English at the University of Liverpool
14 June 2001 	The French Revolution's Legacy 	Stefan Collini, Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature at Cambridge UniversityAnne Janowitz, Professor of Romantic Poetry at Queen Mary College, LondonAndrew Roberts the nineteenth century historian
3 May 2001 	Evil 	Jones Erwin, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of LimerickStephen Mulhall, Tutor in Philosophy at New College, Oxford UniversityMargaret Atkins, Lecturer in Theology at Trinity and All Saints College, University of Leeds
26 April 2001 	Literary Modernism 	John Carey, Merton Professor of English Literature at Oxford UniversityLaura Marcus, Reader in English at the University of SussexValentine Cunningham Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford
19 April 2001 	The Glorious Revolution 	John Spurr, Reader in History at the University of Wales, SwanseaRosemary Sweet, Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of LeicesterScott Mandelbrote Fellow and Director of Studies at Peterhouse, Cambridge
12 April 2001 	Black Holes 	Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal – 2001, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Cambridge UniversityJocelyn Bell Burnell, Professor of Physics at The Open UniversityMartin Ward director of the X-Ray Astronomy Group at the University of Leicester
5 April 2001 	The Roman Empire's Collapse in the 5th century	Charlotte Roueché, historian of late antiquity at King's College LondonDavid Womersley, Fellow and Tutor at Jesus College, Oxford and editor of Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireRichard Alston Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London
29 March 2001 	The Philosophy of Love 	Roger Scruton, author of many books including Sexual DesireAngie Hobbes, lecturer in philosophy at Warwick UniversityThomas Docherty Professor of English at the University of Kent
22 March 2001 	Fossils 	Richard Corfield, Research Associate in the Department of Earth Sciences at Oxford UniversityDianne Edwards, Distinguished Research Professor in Palaeobotany at Cardiff UniversityRichard Fortey Senior Research Palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum
15 March 2001 	Shakespeare's Life 	Katherine Duncan-Jones, Professor of English at Somerville College, OxfordJohn Sutherland, Professor of Modern English at University College, London and textual scholar Grace Ioppolo lecturer in English at the University of Reading
1 March 2001 	Money 	Niall Ferguson, Professor of Political and Financial History at the University of OxfordRichard J. Evans, Professor of Modern History at the University of CambridgeJane Humphries reader in Economic History at Oxford University
22 February 2001 	Quantum Gravity 	John Gribbin, Visiting Fellow in Astronomy, University of SussexLee Smolin, Professor of Physics, Centre for Gravitational Physics and Geometry, Pennsylvania State University and Visiting Professor of Physics at Imperial College, LondonJanna Levin Advanced Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University
15 February 2001 	The Restoration 	Mark Goldie, lecturer in History, Churchill College, University of CambridgeRichard Ollard, author of The Image of the King: Charles I and Charles IIClare Jackson lecturer and Director of Studies in History, Trinity Hall, Cambridge
8 February 2001 	Humanism 	Tony Davies, Professor and Head of the Department of English, University of Birmingham and author of HumanismLisa Jardine, Professor of Renaissance Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London and Honorary Fellow of King's College CambridgeSimon Goldhill Reader in Greek Literature and Culture at King's College Cambridge.
1 February 2001 	Imperial Science 	Richard Ayton, Professor of History at the University of Virginia and author of Nature's Government: Science, Imperial Britain and the ‘Improvement' of the WorldMaria Misra, Lecturer in Modern History and fellow of Keble College OxfordZiauddin Sardar Professor of Science and Technology Policy, Middlesex University.
25 January 2001 	Science and Religion 	Stephen Jay Gould, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology, Harvard UniversityJohn Haldane, Professor of Philosophy, University of St Andrews and Stanton Lecturer in Divinity, Cambridge UniversityHilary Rose sociologist and Visiting Professor of Social Policy, Bradford University.
18 January 2001 	The Enlightenment in Britain 	Roy Porter, Professor in the Social History of Medicine, Wellcome Trust Centre of University College London, Linda Colley, Leverhulme Research Professor and School Professor of History, London School of EconomicsJeremy Black Professor of History at Exeter University.
11 January 2001 	Mathematics and Platonism 	Ian Stewart, Professor of Mathematics and Gresham Professor of Geometry, University of WarwickMargaret Wertheim, science writer, journalist and author of Pythagoras' TrousersJohn D. Barrow Professor of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge.
4 January 2001 	Gothic 	Chris Baldick, Professor of English at Goldsmiths College, London and author of In Frankenstein's ShadowA. N. Wilson, novelist, biographer, journalist and author of God's FuneralEmma Clery senior lecturer in the English Department at Sheffield Hallam University and author of The Rise of Supernatural Fiction
16 November 2000 	Nihilism 	Rob Hopkins, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of BirminghamRaymond Tallis, doctor and philosopherCatherine Belsey University of Cardiff
9 November 2000 	Psychoanalysis and Literature 	Adam Phillips, author of Promises Promises: Essays on Psychoanalysis and LiteratureMalcolm Bowie, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature, Oxford UniversityLisa Appignanesi novelist and co-author of Freud's Women.
2 November 2000 	Evolutionary Psychology 	Janet Radcliffe Richards, Reader in Bioethics, University College, LondonNicholas Humphrey, Professor of Psychology, New School for Social Research, New YorkSteven Rose Professor of Physic, Open University
26 October 2000 	The Tudor State 	John Guy, Professor of Modern History, University of St AndrewsChristopher Haigh, Tutor of Modern History at Christ Church, OxfordChristine Carpenter Fellow in History at New Hall, Cambridge
19 October 2000 	Laws of Nature 	Mark Buchanan, physicist and author of UbiquityFrank Close, theoretical physicist and author of Lucifer's Legacy: The Meaning of AsymmetryNancy Cartwright Professor of Philosophy, LSE
12 October 2000 	The Romantics 	Jonathan Bate, Professor of English, University of LiverpoolRosemary Ashton, Professor of English, University College LondonNicholas Roe Professor of English, University of St Andrews
5 October 2000 	Hitler in History 	Ian Kershaw, historian and biographer of HitlerNiall Ferguson, fellow and tutor in Modern History at Jesus College OxfordMary Fulbrook Professor of German History at University College London.
28 September 2000 	London 	Peter Ackroyd, author of London: The BiographyClaire Tomalin, author and biographer of Samuel PepysIain Sinclair poet, novelist and author of Liquid City and Lights Out for the Territory.
=== 1999–2000 ===
From 1 June 2000, and the discussion on The American Ideal, the programme moved from 30 minutes to a 45-minute format.
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
29 June 2000 	Imagination and Consciousness 	Gerald Edelman, Director of the Neurosciences Institute in California and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1972Igor Aleksander, Professor of Neural Engineering Systems, Imperial College, LondonMargaret Boden, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, University of Sussex.
22 June 2000 	Biography 	Richard Holmes, writer, biographer and the author of Sidetracks: Explorations of a Romantic BiographerNigel Hamilton, biographer, Director of the British Institute of Biography and Professor of Biography, De Montfort UniversityAmanda Foreman, biographer of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.
15 June 2000 	Inspiration and Genius 	Arthur I. Miller, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Department of Science & Technology, University College LondonMichael Howe, Professor of Psychology, Exeter UniversityJuliet Mitchell, psychoanalyst and lecturer at Cambridge University.
8 June 2000 	The Renaissance 	Francis Ames-Lewis, Professor of History of Art, Birkbeck CollegePeter Burke, Professor of Cultural History and Fellow of Emmanuel College, University of CambridgeEvelyn Welch, Reader in the History of Art, University of Sussex.
1 June 2000 	The American Ideal 	Christopher Hitchens, writer, journalist and author of No One Left to Lie To: The Triangulations of William Jefferson ClintonJohn Keane, Professor of Politics, University of Westminster and Director of the Centre for the Study of DemocracySusan Sontag, cultural critics and essayists, and author of the novel In America.
25 May 2000 	Chemical Elements 	Paul Strathern, former lecturer in philosophy and science, Kingston University and author of Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the ElementsMary Archer, Visiting Professor of Chemistry at Imperial College, LondonJohn Murrell, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, University of Sussex.
18 May 2000 	The Wars of the Roses 	Helen Castor, Fellow and Director of Studies in History, Sidney Sussex College, CambridgeColin Richmond, Emeritus Professor of History, Keele UniversitySteven Gunn, Tudor historian and Fellow and Tutor in Modern History, Merton College, Oxford
11 May 2000 	Shakespeare's Work 	Frank Kermode, literary critic and author of Shakespeare's LanguageMichael Bogdanov, theatre, television, opera and film director and a founder member of the English Shakespeare CompanyGermaine Greer, Professor of English and Comparative Studies, Warwick University.
4 May 2000 	Death 	Jonathan Dollimore, Professor of English, York UniversityThomas Lynch, poet, essayist, funeral director and author of The Undertaking – Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
Marilyn Butler, Professor of English Literature and Rector of Exeter College, Oxford.
27 April 2000 	Human Origins 	Leslie Aiello, Professor of Biological Anthropology, University College LondonRobert Foley, evolutionary ecologist, writer and lecturer in biological anthropology at Cambridge UniversityMark Roberts, Field Archaeologist, Project Leader of Boxgrove excavation and the discoverer of Boxgrove Man
20 April 2000 	Englishness 	Paul Langford, Professor of Modern History, University of OxfordPeter Mandler, Professor of Modern History at London Guildhall UniversityLola Young, Director of the National Museum and Archives of Black History and Culture.
13 April 2000 	New Wars 	Michael Howard, Emeritus Professor of Modern History, Oxford UniversityMary Kaldor, Director of the Programme on Global Civil Society, London School of EconomicsMichael Rose, General. former Commander of the United Nations Protection Force in Bosnia and author of Fighting for Peace: Lessons from Bosnia.
6 April 2000 	The Natural Order 	Colin Tudge, writer, scientist and author of The Variety of Life: A Survey and a Celebration of all the Creatures that Have Ever LivedSandy Knapp, Research Botanist, Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, LondonHenry Gee, Senior Editor of Nature and author of Deep Time: Cladistics, the Revolution in Evolution.
30 March 2000 	History and Understanding the Past 	Richard J. Evans, Professor of Modern History, University of CambridgeEric Hobsbawm, historian and author of The New Century.
23 March 2000 	Materialism and the Consumer 	Rachel Bowlby, Professor of English, University of York and author of Carried Away: The Invention of Modern ShoppingWilliam Gibson, science fiction writer and author of Neuromancer and All Tomorrow's Parties.
16 March 2000 	Lenin 	Robert Service, lecturer in Russian History and Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford and biographer of LeninVitali Vitaliev, author, columnist, broadcaster former Soviet Journalist of the Year
9 March 2000 	The Age of Doubt 	A. N. Wilson, novelist, biographer, journalist and author of God's FuneralVictoria Glendinning, author, journalist and biographer of Anthony Trollope and Jonathan Swift.
2 March 2000 	Metamorphosis 	A. S. Byatt, novelist and one of the contributors to Ovid MetamorphosedCatherine Bates, critic and research fellow, University of Warwick
24 February 2000 	Grand Unified Theory 	Brian Greene, Professor of Physics and Mathematics, Columbia University and Cornell UniversityMartin Rees, Astronomer Royal and Royal Society Research Professor in Astronomy and Physics at Cambridge University.
17 February 2000 	Reading 	Kevin Sharpe, Professor of History, University of SouthamptonJacqueline Pearson, Professor of English Literature, Manchester University
10 February 2000 	Goethe and the Science of the Enlightenment	Nicholas Boyle, Reader in German Literary and Intellectual History, Magdalene College, Cambridge, and biographer of GoetheSimon Schaffer, Reader in the History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University and Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge.
3 February 2000 	Republicanism 	Sarah Barber, lecturer in the Department of History, Lancaster University and author of Regicide and Republicanism: Politics and Ethics in the English Revolution 1646–1659Andrew Roberts, historian, journalist, conservative thinker and author of Salisbury: Victorian Titan
27 January 2000 	Economic Rights 	Amartya Sen, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge and winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic ScienceWill Hutton, former Editor of The Observer, Director of The Industrial Society and author of The State We're In.
20 January 2000 	Masculinity in Literature 	Martin Amis, author of Money, Success and The InformationCora Kaplan, feminist cultural critic and Professor of English, Southampton University.
13 January 2000 	Information Technology 	Charles Leadbeater, Demos Research Associate and author of Living On Thin Air: The New EconomyIan Angell, Professor of Information Systems, London School of Economics and author of The New Barbarian Manifesto: How to Survive the Information Age.
6 January 2000 	Climate Change 	John Houghton, Co-Chair of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change – the United Nations' global warming science committeeGeorge Monbiot, environmentalist, journalist and Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, Bristol University
30 December 1999 	Time 	Neil Johnson, theoretical physicist at the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University and Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 1999 on the subject of TimeLee Smolin, cosmologist and Professor of Physics, Pennsylvania State University.
23 December 1999 	Prayer 	Russell Stannard, physicist, religious writer and author of The God ExperimentAndrew Samuels, Jungian analyst and Professor of Analytical Psychology, University of Essex.
16 December 1999 	Medical Ethics 	Barry Jackson, consultant surgeon and President of the Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandSheila McLean, Director of the Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine, Glasgow University.
9 December 1999 	Childhood 	Christina Hardyment, social historian and author of The Future of the Family
Theodore Zeldin, Senior Fellow, St Antony's College, Oxford and author of An Intimate History of Humanity.
2 December 1999 	Tragedy 	George Steiner, critic, Extraordinary Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge and author of The Death of Tragedy
Catherine Belsey, Chair of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, University of Cardiff and author of The Subject of Tragedy.
25 November 1999 	Consciousness 	Ted Honderich, philosopher and former Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic, University College LondonRoger Penrose, eminent physicist, mathematician and author of The Large, The Small, and the Human Mind.
18 November 1999 	Progress 	Anthony O'Hear, Professor of Philosophy, University of BradfordAdam Phillips, psychoanalyst and author of Darwin's Worms
11 November 1999 	The Novel 	D. J. Taylor, novelist, critic, biographer of Thackeray and author of After the WarGillian Beer, King Edward VII Professor of English Literature, Cambridge University and Chairman of the Booker Prize judges 1997
4 November 1999 	Education 	Mary Warnock, philosopher and educationalistTed Wragg, Professor of Education, University of Exeter.
28 October 1999 	Atrocity in the 20th Century 	Jonathan Glover, philosopher and Director of the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College, LondonGwen Adshead, consultant psychiatrist, Broadmoor Special Hospital
21 October 1999 	The Individual 	Richard Wollheim, Professor of Philosophy, University of California in BerkeleyJonathan Dollimore, Professor of English, York University.
14 October 1999 	The Nation State 	Norman Davies, Emeritus Professor, London University and author of The Isles: A HistoryAndrew Marr, former editor of The Independent and author of Ruling Britannia: the Failure and Future of British Democracy.
7 October 1999 	Utopia 	A. C. Grayling, human rights campaigner, lecturer in philosophy at Birkbeck College, London and Fellow of St Anne's College, OxfordJohn Carey, distinguished critic, journalist, broadcaster, Merton Professor of English, Oxford University and editor of the Faber Book of Utopias.
30 September 1999 	Maths and Storytelling 	John Allen Paulos, Presidential Scholar of Mathematics, Temple University, Philadelphia and author of Once Upon a Number – The hidden mathematical logic of storiesMarina Warner, novelist, historian, critic, former Reith Lecturer and Visiting Professor at Birkbeck College, London
23 September 1999 	Genetic Determinism 	Steve Jones, Professor of Genetics, University College London and author of Almost Like a Whale: The Origin of Species UpdatedMatt Ridley, science journalist, chairman of the International Centre for Life and author of Genome: The autobiography of a species in 23 chapters.
=== 1998–1999 ===
Broadcast dateListen again	Title 	Contributors
22 July 1999 	Pain 	Patrick Wall, Professor of Physiology at St Thomas' Hospital, London and author of Pain: The Science of SufferingSemir Zeki, Professor of Neurobiology at University College, London.
15 July 1999 	Truth, Lies and Fiction 	Elena Lappin, novelist and author of an investigative essay published in Granta called "Truth and Lies", where she questions the veracity of the account of the Holocaust in the book Fragments by Binjamin WilkomirskiNick Groom lecturer in English, University of Exeter
8 July 1999 	Africa 	Henry Louis Gates Jr, Chair of the Afro-American Studies Department, Harvard University and presenter of the BBC 2 series Into AfricaAnthony Sampson, writer, journalist and author of Mandela: The Authorised Biography.
1 July 1999 	Intelligence 	Ken Richardson, educational psychologist, former Senior Lecturer, Open University and author of The Making of IntelligenceMichael Ruse, Philosopher of Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario and author of Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction?
24 June 1999 	Capitalism 	Anatole Kaletsky, economics commentator and Associate Editor of The Times, and author of The Costs of Default and In the Shadow of DebtEdward Luttwak, Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. and author of Turbo Capitalism: Winners and Losers in the Global Economy.
17 June 1999 	The Great Disruption 	Francis Fukuyama, Hirst Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University, Washington, D.C., and author of The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social OrderAmos Oz, author and Professor of Hebrew Literature, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva.
10 June 1999 	The Monarchy 	David Cannadine, Director of the Institute of Historical Research, London and former Lecturer in History and Fellow, Christ's College, CambridgeBea Campbell, sociologist, journalist and author of Diana, Princess of Wales.
3 June 1999 	Just War 	John Keane, Professor of Politics, University of Westminster and Director of the Centre for the Study of DemocracyNiall Ferguson, Fellow and Tutor in Modern History, Jesus College, Oxford and author of The Pity of War.
27 May 1999 	Memory and Culture 	Malcolm Bowie, Marshall Foch Professor of French Literature at Oxford University and Director of Oxford's European Humanities Research CentreNancy Wood, Chair of Media Studies, University of Sussex and author of Vectors of Memory.
20 May 1999 	The Universe's Origins 	Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and Royal Society Research Professor in Astronomy and Physics, Cambridge UniversityPaul Davies, theoretical physicist and Visiting Professor at Imperial College, London.
13 May 1999 	Multiculturalism 	Stuart Hall, former Professor of Sociology, Open University and currently on a Commission set up by the Runnymede Trust looking at the future of multi-ethnic BritainAvtar Brah, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Birkbeck College, London University
6 May 1999 	Mathematics 	Ian Stewart, Professor of Mathematics and Gresham Professor of Geometry, University of WarwickBrian Butterworth, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College, London
29 April 1999 	Artificial Intelligence 	Igor Aleksander, Professor, Imperial College London and inventor of Magnus – a neural computer which he says is an artificially conscious machineJohn Searle Professor of Philosophy, University of California and one of only two people in the world to invent an argument, the Chinese Room Argument, which destroys the plausibility of the idea of conscious machines
22 April 1999 	Fundamentalism 	Karen Armstrong, writer on the history of religious ideas and author of A History of God: From Abraham to the PresentTariq Ali, film-maker, writer and author of The Book of Saladin
15 April 1999 	Evolution 	John Maynard Smith, evolutionary biological theorist and Emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of SussexColin Tudge, writer, journalist and research fellow at the Centre for Philosophy
8 April 1999 	Writing and Political Oppression 	Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Prize-winning South African novelistAriel Dorfman, Chilean journalist, scholar and author of Death and the Maiden
1 April 1999 	Good and Evil 	Leszek Kołakowski, author and Professor of Philosophy, Oxford UniversityGalen Strawson, author and Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Jesus College, Oxford
25 March 1999 	Architecture in the 20th Century 	Daniel Libeskind, architect of the Jewish Museum in Berlin and the Spiral Extension to London's Victoria and Albert MuseumRichard Weston, architect and lecturer at De Montfort University
18 March 1999 	Animal Experiments and Rights 	Colin Blakemore, Professor of Physiology, Oxford University, President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of the Royal Society and targeted in the 1980s by animal welfare activists protesting at his research methodsLynda Birkebiologist, teacher at Lancaster and Warwick Universities, and previously worked for 7 years in animal behaviour at the Open University.
11 March 1999 	History as Science 	Jared Diamond, ecologist and physiologist at the Los Angeles Medical School, University of California, and author of Guns, Germs and SteelRichard J. Evans, Professor of Modern History, Cambridge University
4 March 1999 	Shakespeare and Literary Criticism 	Harold Bloom, literary critic, Professor of Humanities, Yale University and Berg Professor of English, New York UniversityJacqueline Rose, literary critic and Professor of English, University of London.
25 February 1999 	The Avant Garde's Decline and Fall in the 20th Century	Eric Hobsbawm, eminent historian and author of Behind The Times: The Decline and Fall of the Twentieth Century Avant-GardesFrances Morris, specialist in contemporary art and Art Programme Curator for the Tate Gallery of Modern Art.
18 February 1999 	Space in Religion and Science 	John Polkinghorne, Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge and Canon Theologian of LiverpoolMargaret Wertheim, science writer and author of The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet.
11 February 1999 	Language and the Mind 	Jonathan Miller, medical doctor, performer, broadcaster, author and film and opera directorSteven Pinker, cognitive scientist, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Centre for Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
4 February 1999 	Psychoanalysis and its Legacy 	Juliet Mitchell, psychoanalyst, Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, Department of Political and Social SciencesAdam Phillips, psychoanalyst and author of The Beast in the Nursery.
28 January 1999 	Ageing 	Alan Walker, social gerontologist, advisor to the UN's programme on Ageing and has chaired the European Commission's observatory on Ageing and Older PeopleTom Kirkwood, Britain's first professor of Biological Gerontology, University of Manchester and President of the British Society for Research into Ageing .
21 January 1999 	Modern Culture 	Will Self, writer and novelistRoger Scruton, novelist, philosopher and former Professor at Birkbeck College, London.
14 January 1999 	Genetic Engineering 	Grahame Bulfield, geneticist, honorary professor, Edinburgh University and Director of the Roslin Institute, EdinburghBryan Appleyard, features writer for The Sunday Times and author of Brave New Worlds: Genetics and the Human Experience
7 January 1999 	Feminism 	Helena Cronin, Co-director of the Centre for the Philosophy of the Natural and Social Sciences, London School of EconomicsGermaine Greer, Professor of English and Comparative Studies, Warwick University
31 December 1998 	The British Empire's Legacy 	Catherine Hall, Professor Modern British Social and Cultural History, University College, LondonLinda Colley, currently holder of the Leverhulme Research Professorship at the London School of Economics and former Professor of History, Yale University.
24 December 1998 	Neuroscience in the 20th Century 	Susan Greenfield, director of the Royal Institution, Professor of Pharmacology, Oxford University and Professor of Physics at Gresham CollegeVilayanur S. Ramachandran, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology, Director of the Brain Perception Laboratory, University of California, San Diego and Professor at the Salk Institute
17 December 1998 	The American Century 	Harry Evans, former editor of The Sunday Times and author of The American CenturyJohn Lloyd, associate editor of the New Statesman and former Times correspondent in Moscow and East European Editor of the Financial Times.
10 December 1998 	Cultural rights in the 20th Century 	Homi Bhabha, Professor in English Literature and Art, Chicago University, and Visiting Professor of the Humanities, University College LondonJohn N. Gray, Professor of European Thought, London School of Economics
3 December 1998 	History's relevance in the 20th century 	Simon Schama, Old Dominion Professor of Humanities, Columbia University in New York and currently filming a 16-part series for BBC Television on the history of BritainLady Antonia Fraser, historian, writer and author of biographies of Mary Queen of Scots, Cromwell and Charles II.
26 November 1998 	Work in the 20th Century 	Richard Sennett, visiting professor, London School of Economics and author of The Corrosion of Character – the Personal Consequences of Work in the New CapitalismTheodore Zeldin, historian and Fellow of St Antony's College, OxfordMelanie Phillips, columnist on The Sunday Times and currently working on a book about The Sex Change State.
19 November 1998 	The Brain and Consciousness 	Steven Rose, Professor of Biology and Director of the Brain and Behaviour Research Group, Open UniversityDan Robinson, Distinguished Research Professor, Georgetown University and visiting lecturer in Philosophy and Senior Member of Linacre College, Oxford
12 November 1998 	The City in the 20th Century 	Peter Hall, Professor of Planning at the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College, London, Fellow of the British Academy and a member of the Academia EuropaeaDoreen Massey, Professor of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, Open University and recipient of the Vautrin Lud International Geography Prize and the Victoria Medal of the Royal Geographical Society.
5 November 1998 	Science in the 20th century 	John Gribbin, Visiting Fellow in Astronomy, University of Sussex and consultant to New ScientistMary Midgleymoral philosopher and former Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Newcastle
29 October 1998 	Science's Revelations 	Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist, reader in Zoology and Fellow of New College, OxfordCharles Simonyi Chair of Public Understanding of Science, Oxford University and author of Unweaving The Rainbow: Science, Delusion and The Appetite For WonderIan McEwan novelist, and author of the Booker Prize-winning novel Amsterdam.
22 October 1998 	Politics in the 20th Century 	Gore Vidal, American writer, commentator and author of The Smithsonian InstitutionAlan Clark. historian, politician and author of The Tories: Conservatives and the Nation State, 1922–97.
15 October 1998 	War in the 20th Century 	Michael Ignatieff, writer, broadcaster and biographer of Isaiah BerlinMichael Howard, formerly Regius Professor of History, Oxford University and joint editor of the new Oxford History of the Twentieth Century.
==References==
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