<p>Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.</p>
| Title | Date published | ||
| Vitruvius and De Architectura | 2012-03-15 | ||
| Lyrical Ballads | 2012-03-08 | ||
| Benjamin Franklin | 2012-03-01 | ||
| Conductors and Semiconductors | 2012-02-23 | ||
| The An Lushan Rebellion | 2012-02-16 | ||
| Erasmus | 2012-02-09 | ||
| The Kama Sutra | 2012-02-02 | ||
| The Scientific Method | 2012-01-26 | ||
| 1848: Year of Revolution | 2012-01-19 | ||
| The Safavid Dynasty | 2012-01-12 | ||
| Macromolecules | 2011-12-29 | ||
| Robinson Crusoe | 2011-12-22 | ||
| The Concordat of Worms | 2011-12-15 | ||
| Heraclitus | 2011-12-08 | ||
| Christina Rossetti | 2011-12-01 | ||
| Judas Maccabeus | 2011-11-24 | ||
| Ptolemy and Ancient Astronomy | 2011-11-17 | ||
| The Continental-Analytic Split | 2011-11-10 | ||
| The Moon | 2011-11-03 | ||
| The Siege of Tenochtitlan | 2011-10-27 |