I do hope that Melvyn Bragg’s selection of his favourite #InOurTime is going to include the wonderful table-thumping Industrial Revolution episode where he got very angry at the idea that the IR wasn’t due to clever men in the north having clever ideas.
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Echoing Victoria: it was such a privilege to take part in what turned out to be Melvyn's last series of #InOurTime - and it's really flattering to see our episode on George Herbert listed in @thetimes.com top 15 episodes of the show yesterday
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September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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So ends Melvyn Bragg’s 26-year mission to normalise academics. #InOurTime www.bbc.com/news/article...
Melvyn Bragg steps down from BBC Radio 4's In Our Time after 26 years - BBC News
The veteran presenter has hosted more than 1,000 epsiodes of the programme over the past 26 years.
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September 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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I am paying tribute to Melvyn Bragg’s extraordinary achievements in shaping and presenting #InOurTime on The World Tonight BBC Radio 4 (item about 22.30). We all owe him so much.
September 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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I fear this is going to be another David Bowie moment… 🫣 #InOurTime
A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.
Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time
After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series
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September 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Anyway, farewell & thanks, Melvyn Bragg; by osmosis, the most knowledgeable man in the UK. #InOurTime #OutOfTime
End of days. Especially when. #BBCRadio4 replaces it with a 10 minute "from the archives" podcast called "Out of Time", condensing complex subjects worthy of academic discussion to a few soundbites without the hard bits. Just #APointOfView? #YouWait
Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.
September 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Melvin Bragg leads a huge cultural legacy. #InOurTime was the one place where you could listen to experts talking about cutting edge of research in your own specialisms and know audiences weren't being patronised.
Mary Beard would be a decent replacement.
Mary Beard would be a decent replacement.
September 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Inevitable, I suppose, but #InOurTime won't be quite the same again: what a landmark moment. I feel so lucky to have snuck in at the eleventh hour for his final series. All the best to Melvyn on his retirement, & @simontillotson.bsky.social as he steers the ship into new waters with a new presenter
Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.
September 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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It was amazing listening for many years to #InOurTime on my journey to work. Facts I cannot retain fascinating to hear specialists respond to his questions.
Just yesterday I caught up with his episode of #thisculturallife - modest & interesting. His voice will be missed. I hope he stays well.
Just yesterday I caught up with his episode of #thisculturallife - modest & interesting. His voice will be missed. I hope he stays well.
September 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Oh God, his replacement's going to be Amol bloody Rajan, isn't it? #InOurTime
September 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Really excellent #InOurTime about the Electron, this morning. Lovely discussion and well curated, amiable, interesting panel. Goo Work #MelvynBragg and #R4 team.
November 19, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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I hope before he goes he presides over an #InOurTime special on Broadcasting the Arts & Humanities, a 20th century democratising undertaking that bravely tries to face up to a cripplingly stupid 21st century.
September 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Sorry, #inourtime is about the Antikythera mechanism? Uhhhhh
How did I miss this in November?!?
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How did I miss this in November?!?
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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Antikythera Mechanism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mysterious ancient Greek astronomical computer.
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December 12, 2024 at 10:14 PM
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September 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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📻 Dr Gonzalo Velasco Berenguer (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) joins BBC #InOurTime to discuss Catherine of Aragon, from her royal upbringing to her open defiance against Henry VIII's attempts to annul their 23-year marriage
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March 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Lot of insomnia last night. Among other episodes, this kept me company. I couldn't help wondering who is there for the workers now that capitalism is even more established. Where is the equalising force? Legislation/courts? Unions? #InOurTime
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In Our Time - The Haymarket Affair - BBC Sounds
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1886 bombing in Chicago amid violent labour conflict.
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December 19, 2024 at 7:20 PM
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A particularly interesting edition of #inourtime on R4 on the English Renaissance poet & diplomat Sir Thomas Wyatt… here drawn by Hans Holbein (Royal collection)
May 9, 2024 at 8:52 AM
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Terrific episode of the #BBCradio4 series #InOurTime, about one of the most influential philosophers of mind and body. If you think Merleau-Ponty is a French wine, you need to listen to this. #philosophy #phenomenology www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Insights into the relationship between the body and the mind, habits, language and thought
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March 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Any book collectors here? This is my best find of 2024. It’s the first UK edition of Hemingway’s In Our Time (1926), found in a book sale. Amazing what turns up. No dust jacket but, hey, I’m happy.
#Hemingway #InOurTime
#Hemingway #InOurTime
November 25, 2024 at 8:45 PM
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Prince Arthur.. where would we be now if he lived? #inourtime
February 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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But that said, I have been listening to #InOurTime. The Tudor/Jacobean revenge plays edition transported me pleasurably back to college.
November 25, 2024 at 11:33 AM
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@petejaytea at least I still have @ratsoalbion and #InOurTime to see me through the miles.
January 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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So how great is this Cyrus the great? Since I’ve never heard of him in my life. #InOurTime
March 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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