Quiz: In Our Time in 2016

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• Thomas Paine's Common Sense

  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Paine and his pamphlet "Common Sense".

  Thomas Paine's Common Sense
• Eleanor of Aquitaine

  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, times and influence of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

  Eleanor of Aquitaine
• Robert Hooke

  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work or Robert Hooke.

  Robert Hooke
• Agrippina the Younger

  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman empress Agrippina the Younger.

  Agrippina the Younger
• The Neutron

  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the neutron, one of the particles found in an atom's nucleus.

  The Neutron
• 1816, the Year Without a Summer

  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of the eruption of Mt Tambora in 1815.

  1816, the Year Without a Summer
• Tess of the d'Urbervilles

  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.

  Tess of the d'Urbervilles
• Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot'

  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Titus Oates who spread rumours of a Catholic plot to assassinate Charles II.

  Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot'
• Songs of Innocence and of Experience

  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Blake's collection of illustrated poems.

  Songs of Innocence and of Experience
• Epic of Gilgamesh

  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gilgamesh, the great epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia.

  Epic of Gilgamesh
• The Fighting Temeraire

  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Fighting Temeraire, one of Turner's greatest works.

  The Fighting Temeraire
• Justinian's Legal Code

  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great impact of legal changes under emperor Justinian I.

  Justinian's Legal Code