Dear Melvyn Bragg, I would love to know who coined “Dead, dead, and never called me Mother!” one of the best loved theatrical misquotations of all time. I have before me my grandmother’s ...

Melvyn Bragg continues his exploration of the idea of culture by considering its use in the discipline of anthropology. In 1871 the anthropologist Edward Tylor published Primitive Culture ...

Esteemed presenter Melvyn Bragg is your host for Reel History of Britain. Melvyn was born in 1939 in Wigton, Cumbria. He won a scholarship to Oxford to read history, and in 1961 he gained a ...

Presented by Melvyn Bragg, a social history of 20th-century Britain. Fascinating stories of how people worked and lived, via viewers' personal memories and rare film archive.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family, who dominated Florence's political and cultural life during the Renaissance. Show more Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family ...

Join Melvyn Bragg and his guests for In Our Time – fascinating, in-depth and illuminating discussions about... just about anything which is of interest in human history to the present day.