OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Subject by subject

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Find out more about the historical figures discussed in the award-winning BBC/OU TV series The Mark Steel Lectures.

13 Feb

2006

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The first series of lectures won Mark a Royal Television Society award nomination for Best Entertainment Performance. The second series, which was nominated for a BAFTA award. The subjects covered across all three series were:

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Aristotle: The Lecture Production team

Find out more about Aristotle in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Aristotle: The Lecture

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Beethoven: The Lecture Used with permission

Find out more about Ludwig Van Beethoven in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Beethoven: The Lecture

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Byron: The Lecture Production team

Find out more about Lord Byron in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Byron: The Lecture

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Chaplin Production team

Find out more about Charlie Chaplin in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Chaplin

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Chaucer Production team

Find out more about Geoffrey Chaucer in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Chaucer

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Cromwell BBC

Find out more about Oliver Cromwell in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Cromwell

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Da Vinci: The Lecture Production team

Find out more about Leonardo Da Vinci in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Da Vinci: The Lecture

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Darwin: The Lecture Used with permission

Find out more about Charles Darwin in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Darwin: The Lecture

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Descartes Production team

Find out more about Descartes in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Descartes

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Einstein: The Lecture Used with permission

Find out more about Albert Einstein in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Einstein: The Lecture

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Freud: The Lecture Production team

Find out more about Sigmund Freud in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Freud: The Lecture

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Guevara BBC

Find out more about Che Guevara in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Guevara

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Marx: The Lecture Production team

Find out more about Karl Marx in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Marx: The Lecture

OU on the BBC: Music of the Primes - Newton: The Lecture Production team

Find out more about Isaac Newton in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Music of the Primes - Newton: The Lecture

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Sylvia Pankhurst: The Lecture Used with permission

Find out more about Sylvia Pankhurst in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Sylvia Pankhurst: The Lecture

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Paine: The Lecture Controlled

Find out more about Thomas Paine in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Paine: The Lecture

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Mary Shelley: The Lecture BBC

Find out more about Mary Shelley in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Mary Shelley: The Lecture

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Tubman Production team

Find out more about Harriet Tubman in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Tubman

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OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Subject by subject

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Aristotle: The Lecture Production team

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Beethoven: The Lecture Used with permission

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Byron: The Lecture Production team

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Chaplin Production team

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Chaucer Production team

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Cromwell BBC

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Da Vinci: The Lecture Production team

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Darwin: The Lecture Used with permission

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Descartes Production team

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Einstein: The Lecture Used with permission

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Freud: The Lecture Production team

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Guevara BBC

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Marx: The Lecture Production team

OU on the BBC: Music of the Primes - Newton: The Lecture Production team

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Sylvia Pankhurst: The Lecture Used with permission

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Paine: The Lecture Controlled

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Mary Shelley: The Lecture BBC

OU on the BBC: Mark Steel Lectures - Tubman Production team

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