Routes of English: Whose English is it Anyway? (Series 4, Programme 6)
With English now hailed on all sides as the world's first ‘global’ language and the preferred medium of expression from United Biscuits to the United Nations, Melvyn Bragg meets people - like...
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Nick Robinson's The Prime Ministers: Lord Palmerston (Series 1, Episode 4)
Reader: Nick Robinson
From the BBC Radio 4 series presented and written by Nick Robinson that explores how prime ministers have used their power and responded to the great challenges of their time and how they made the...
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A History of the Brain: 'All or Nothing' (Episode 9)
Reader: Geoff Bunn
Dr. Geoff Bunn presents a journey through 5000 years of our understanding of the most complex thing in the known universe: the brain, in this major ten-part BBC Radio 4 series.Episode 9, ‘All...
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Routes of English: Freezing the River (Series 2, Programme 5)
English is constantly evolving, but some linguists have tried to 'freeze' it for good. We've been looking for a standard form of the language to adhere to for centuries. If there's one thing...
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Routes of English: Raj to Riches English (Series 4, Programme 2)
The English language in India. Despite being the imposed language of the imperial power, English also had the power to unite the nation. The story of the English language in India is also the...
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Voices of the Powerless: The Industrial Revolution
In this episode taken from the BBC Radio 4 series, Melvyn Bragg is in urban Lancashire to explore the warp and weft of the Industrial Revolution - how the upheavals of the new mechanisation...
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Nick Robinson's The Prime Ministers: William Pitt (Series 2, Episode 1)
Reader: Nick Robinson
The BBC’s Nick Robinson continues his fascinating and absorbing Radio 4 series featuring eight famous British Prime Ministers, which explores how Prime Ministers have used their power and...
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The Story of the King James Bible: The Translation
To mark the 400th anniversary of this ‘noblest monument of English prose’, James Naughtie tells the story of how and why James I (VI of Scotland), commissioned a new translation of...
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A History of the Brain: 'The Origins of Common Sense' (Episode 3)
Reader: Geoff Bunn
Dr. Geoff Bunn presents a journey through 5000 years of our understanding of the most complex thing in the known universe: the brain, in this major ten-part BBC Radio 4 series.In Episode 3,...
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Routes of English: Unspeakable English (Series 2, Programme 4)
Bad language is not new. We've been swearing for centuries, and those in power have been trying to censor us for just as long.
Nowadays, many people are quite relaxed about swearing and...$1.49 $2.49
Nick Robinson's The Prime Ministers: Lord North (Series 1, Episode 2)
Reader: Nick Robinson
From the BBC Radio 4 series presented and written by Nick Robinson that explores how prime ministers have used their power and responded to the great challenges of their time and how they made the...
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Nick Robinson's The Prime Ministers: Edward Heath (Series 2, Episode 8)
Reader: Nick Robinson
The BBC’s Nick Robinson continues his fascinating and absorbing Radio 4 series featuring eight famous British Prime Ministers, which explores how Prime Ministers have used their power and...
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Routes of English: Cornwall (Series 3, Programme 3)
Melvyn travels west in search of the increasingly elusive Cornish dialect.
Cornwall is an evocative place. A Celtic land with a rich mythology, a land of caves and coves, of cream teas...$1.49 $2.49
Voices of the Powerless: The English Civil War
Melvyn Bragg follows his long historical exploration of the Routes of English with 'Voices of the Powerless', the BBC Radio 4 series in which he explores the lives of the ordinary working men and...
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Beyond Westminster: Lessons Learnt from Coalitions Past (BBC Radio 4)
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The special New Year's Day 2011 edition of BBC Radio 4's 'Beyond Westminster', in which Andrew Rawnsley considers the lessons of history for Britain's coalition government - and its...
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Lenny & Will: Act Two
Reader: Lenny Henry
Having been put off Shakespeare by unimaginative schoolteachers, Lenny Henry recently confessed to a late-flowering passion for the plays. Pursuing his new-found enthusiasm, he now gets to grips...
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A History of the Brain: 'The Beast Within' (Episode 6)
Reader: Geoff Bunn
Dr. Geoff Bunn presents a journey through 5000 years of our understanding of the most complex thing in the known universe: the brain, in this major ten-part BBC Radio 4 series.Episode 6 'The...
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Routes of English: Oswestry (Series 3, Programme 5)
Here, Melvyn visits Oswestry. Just five miles from the Welsh border, this is a frontier town whose name means 'boundary'. It’s where Offa's Dyke and countless crumbling castles bear witness to...
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Routes of English: The Long Trek to Freedom (Series 4, Programme 5)
English becomes the language of liberation as Afrikaans takes on the label of oppression.
In 1994 the first free democratic elections in South Africa were held, bringing Nelson Mandela...$1.49 $2.49
Voices of the Powerless: Coal Mining and the Depression
In this episode taken from the BBC Radio 4 series, Melvyn Bragg visits Merthyr Tydfil to look at the plight of the miners in the Depression.The industrial communities of South Wales, built first...
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Nick Robinson's The Prime Ministers: Harold Macmillan (Series 2, Episode 6)
Reader: Nick Robinson
The BBC’s Nick Robinson continues his fascinating and absorbing Radio 4 series featuring eight famous British Prime Ministers, which explores how Prime Ministers have used their power and...
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Routes of English: Coining it (Series 2, Programme 1)
When a new concept or product comes along, how does it get its name? Making up new words for new things or ideas isn't new. New words - linguists call them 'coinages' - are as old as the English...
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Voices of the Powerless: The Reformation
Melvyn Bragg follows his long historical exploration of the Routes of English with 'Voices of the Powerless', the BBC Radio 4 series in which he explores the lives of the ordinary working men and...
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Nick Robinson's The Prime Ministers: Stanley Baldwin (Series 1, Episode 7)
Reader: Nick Robinson
From the BBC Radio 4 series presented and written by Nick Robinson that explores how prime ministers have used their power and responded to the great challenges of their time and how they made the...
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Eyewitness: The BBC at War 1938 - 1945
Reader: Tim Pigott-Smith
A special compilation from Eyewitness, a unique history of Britain in the 20th Century, written by Joanna Bourke and narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith.Eyewitness provides a rare and fascinating...
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