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: •
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 2024–2025 The 2024–2025 series was the last to be hosted by
Melvyn Bragg.
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