In Our Time is a radio discussion programme exploring a wide variety of historical, scientific, cultural, religious and philosophical topics, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom since 1998 and hosted by Melvyn Bragg. Since 2011, all episodes have been available to download as individual podcasts.[1]
Programmes
- 1998–1999
- 1999–2000
- 2000–2001
- 2001–2002
- 2002–2003
- 2003–2004
- 2004–2005
- 2005–2006
- 2006–2007
- 2007–2008
- 2008–2009
- 2009–2010
- 2010–2011
- 2011–2012
- 2012–2013
- 2013–2014
- 2014–2015
- 2015–2016
- 2016–2017
- 2017–2018
- 2018–2019
- 2019–2020
- 2020–2021
- 2021–2022
- 2022–2023
- 2023–2024
1998–1999
1999–2000
From 6 April 2000, with the discussion on "The Natural Order", the programme moved from 30 minutes to a 45-minute format.
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
In 2005 listeners were invited to vote in a poll for the greatest philosopher in history. The winner was the subject of the final programme before the summer break. The result of the vote was:[2]
- Karl Marx (with 27.9% of the votes)
- David Hume (12.7%)
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (6.8%)
- Friedrich Nietzsche (6.5%)
- Plato (5.6%)
- Immanuel Kant (5.6%)
- Thomas Aquinas (4.8%)
- Socrates (4.8%)
- Aristotle (4.5%)
- Karl Popper (4.2%)
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
From the start of 2016 (Saturn) the podcast version of the programme started to include a few minutes of unbroadcast extra material, which would generally be prompted by the question So, what did we miss?
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020
The 2019–2020 series was truncated because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023
2023–2024
References
- ^ "The complete in Our Time now available as podcasts". Radio Times. 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "In Our Time's Greatest Philiosopher Vote". BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
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