The Forum
A podcast by BBC World Service - Saturdays
399 Episodes
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Imhotep: The man behind The Mummy
Published: 22/08/2019 -
Andy Warhol: The prince of Pop Art
Published: 15/08/2019 -
Coco Chanel: French style icon
Published: 08/08/2019 -
Nineteen Eighty-Four: Orwell's dystopian classic
Published: 01/08/2019 -
The Spartans: Ancient Greece’s fighting machine
Published: 25/07/2019 -
Leeuwenhoek: The fabric seller who discovered bacteria
Published: 18/07/2019 -
Kafka's The Metamorphosis: A man turns into a monstrous bug
Published: 11/07/2019 -
Hugh Masekela: The iconic South African musician
Published: 04/07/2019 -
James Watt: The power of steam
Published: 27/06/2019 -
The Bhagavad Gita: A guide to spiritual wisdom
Published: 20/06/2019 -
Cnut: England's Viking king
Published: 13/06/2019 -
How Afghanistan won its freedom from Britain
Published: 06/06/2019 -
Rasputin: The Siberian mystic who charmed the Tsar
Published: 30/05/2019 -
The Moon from Earth
Published: 23/05/2019 -
Pearls: Treasures of the sea
Published: 16/05/2019 -
Thoreau: the writer who went to the woods
Published: 09/05/2019 -
Fado: Portuguese soul music
Published: 02/05/2019 -
Queen Njinga of Angola: Fearless fighter
Published: 25/04/2019 -
Inside the mind of Leonardo da Vinci
Published: 18/04/2019 -
Chess: a chequered history
Published: 11/04/2019
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