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".

  • Eleanor of Aquitaine

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

  • Robert Hooke

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

  • Agrippina the Younger

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

  • The Neutron

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

  • 1816, the Year Without a Summer

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

  • Tess of the d'Urbervilles

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

  • Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot'

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

  • Songs of Innocence and of Experience

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

  • Epic of Gilgamesh

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

  • The Fighting Temeraire

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

  • Justinian's Legal Code

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

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