TL;DR: Melvyn Bragg is retiring. I guess this is interesting for some fans here. Shout-out to @astroalex who's partner[1] made their own archive https://shelby.cool/melvyn/ - it allows you to search the list of episodes by interest (which isn't easy on the BBC site). <3

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35074386

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