BBC Radio 4 weekly radio programme hosted by Melvyn Bragg — in which Bragg and three academic experts discuss a topic from history, philosophy, science, or culture — one of the longest-running and most intellectually serious programs in British broadcasting.
Creates the expert panel discussion of intellectual history as a radio format — In Our Time's combination of a curious, prepared lay host (Bragg), three genuine academic experts, and a fixed 45-minute format has produced over 1,000 episodes covering figures from Socrates to Heisenberg.
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