Discussion of religious movements and the theories and individuals behind them.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events that helped trigger the European Reformation.
Melvyn Bragg examines Henry VIII's policy of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Melvyn Bragg examines the concept of original sin and its influence in Christian Europe.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the enigmatic myth of the Fisher King.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek myths from Achilles to Zeus.
Melvyn Bragg examines why the Holy Grail legend has fascinated writers for centuries.
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Jesuits, 鈥渢he school masters of Europe鈥�.
Melvyn Bragg examines the manuscripts that united Celtic and Roman cultures in England.
Melvyn Bragg examines the Metaphysical poets, including John Donne and Andrew Marvell.
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Nicene Creed which established the Divinity of Christ.
Melvyn Bragg examines the myths and theology that inspired the Vikings.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Ontological Argument for the existence of God.
Melvyn Bragg examines the 19th century Catholic movement within the Church of England.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the church's most significant doctrinal disputes.
Melvyn Bragg discusses what the Pilgrim Fathers and the Mayflower mean to Americans.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Safavid Dynasty of early modern Iran.
Melvyn Bragg examines events surrounding the medieval division of the Christian Church.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Siege of Munster in 1534-35.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1683 siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Army.
The history of thought on immortality, the self and the afterlife.
Melvyn Bragg examines the Spanish Inquisition, defenders of medieval orthodoxy.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Upanishads, the sacred texts of Hinduism.
The life and work of the Venerable Bede who revolutionised Christian scholarship.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the highs and lows of the Third Crusade.
