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Nice project OP. I also love In Our Time. Some favourite episodes off the top of my head: * Wilfred Owen - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001df48 https://w

• genmon 4y ago
  Great list! Some personal faves in return, in no particular order: - The evolution of teeth https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003zbg https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003zbg - The fish-tetrapod transition https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001d56q https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001d56q - The late Devonian extinction https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sz7x https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sz7x - The American West https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00548gg https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00548gg - Metamorphosis (Ovid) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00546p6 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00546p6 - Politeness https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004y29m https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004y29m - The Bronze Age collapse https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07fl5bh https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07fl5bh - Doggerland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland
• dendrite9 4y ago
  I really enjoyed the recent Superconductivity episode. Especially hearing Melvyn say 'Good god' half way through.
  • martinpw 4y ago
    I like the way they keep the very end of where the producer comes into the studio and asks the guests politely if they want coffee or tea. Something very satisfyingly British about that.
• yung_steezy 4y ago
  Also going to chime in to recommend the Gin Craze episode https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b084zk6z https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b084zk6z
• aslfjiasf 4y ago
  I clicked on the May Fourth movement because I thought it was odd that BBC would make a documentary about the origins of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day.
• rosetremiere 4y ago
  One thing I am slightly wary about after listening to quite a few episodes is Melvyn Braggs seems to be a bit too patriotic oftentimes. It's nothing really obvious, but you hear a lot of "we" when talking about positive aspects of english history, and a lot of focus on all english innovations compared to other countries. Maybe I'm wrong though.
  • petesergeant 4y ago
    Seems pretty reasonable for a national broadcaster, no? Also British encompasses more than just the English, unless you specifically mean he’s excluding the other Home Nations…
    • rosetremiere 4y ago
      Sorry, I didn't mean English more than British (the distinction being a bit too subtle for me to make). It's "par for the course" I guess for a national broadcaster, but: * That doesn't mean it's not less than ideal. * It's something one might want to bear in mind, when listening, since it might introduce some kind of a bias to the whole thing (maybe the other comment about number of episodes about european vs african history is a good argument in that direction)
      • mellosouls 4y ago
        Wrt bias it's actually a refreshing change for some of us to hear the voice of a traditional (old-school) leftist, as they tend to be more interested in actual social problems rather than the made-up ones that infest modern discourse, and - perhaps - shift the centre so much that plain common-sense is now perceived as "bias".
  • DC-3 4y ago
    I am also an english patriot so that doesn't bother me.
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