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".
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, times and influence of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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Robert Hooke
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work or Robert Hooke.
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Agrippina the Younger
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman empress Agrippina the Younger.
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The Neutron
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the neutron, one of the particles found in an atom's nucleus.
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1816, the Year Without a Summer
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of the eruption of Mt Tambora in 1815.
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.
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Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot'
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Titus Oates who spread rumours of a Catholic plot to assassinate Charles II.
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Blake's collection of illustrated poems.
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Epic of Gilgamesh
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gilgamesh, the great epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia.
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The Fighting Temeraire
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Fighting Temeraire, one of Turner's greatest works.
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Justinian's Legal Code
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great impact of legal changes under emperor Justinian I.


















