<p>Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.</p>
| Title | Date published | ||
| The Cool Universe | 2010-05-06 | ||
| The Great Wall of China | 2010-04-29 | ||
| Roman Satire | 2010-04-22 | ||
| The Zulu Nation's Rise and Fall | 2010-04-15 | ||
| William Hazlitt | 2010-04-08 | ||
| The City - a history, part 2 | 2010-04-01 | ||
| The City - a history, part 1 | 2010-03-25 | ||
| Munch and The Scream | 2010-03-18 | ||
| Boudica | 2010-03-11 | ||
| The Infant Brain | 2010-03-04 | ||
| Calvinism | 2010-02-25 | ||
| The Indian Mutiny | 2010-02-18 | ||
| Mathematics' Unintended Consequences | 2010-02-11 | ||
| Ibn Khaldun | 2010-02-04 | ||
| Silas Marner | 2010-01-28 | ||
| The Glencoe Massacre | 2010-01-21 | ||
| The Frankfurt School | 2010-01-14 | ||
| The Royal Society and British Science: Episode 4 | 2010-01-07 | ||
| The Royal Society and British Science: Episode 3 | 2010-01-06 | ||
| The Royal Society and British Science: Episode 2 | 2010-01-05 |