<p>Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.</p>
| Title | Date published | ||
| The Sublime | 2004-02-12 | ||
| Thermopylae | 2004-02-05 | ||
| Cryptography | 2004-01-29 | ||
| Lamarck and Natural Selection | 2003-12-24 | ||
| The Alphabet | 2003-12-18 | ||
| The Devil | 2003-12-11 | ||
| Wittgenstein | 2003-12-04 | ||
| St Bartholomew's Day Massacre | 2003-11-27 | ||
| Ageing the Earth | 2003-11-20 | ||
| Duty | 2003-11-13 | ||
| Sensation | 2003-11-06 | ||
| Robin Hood | 2003-10-30 | ||
| Infinity | 2003-10-23 | ||
| The Schism | 2003-10-16 | ||
| Bohemianism | 2003-10-09 | ||
| Maxwell | 2003-10-02 | ||
| The Apocalypse | 2003-07-17 | ||
| Nature | 2003-07-10 | ||
| Vulcanology | 2003-07-03 | ||
| The East India Company | 2003-06-23 |