The Forum Episodes Available now
Yiddish: A story of survival
Regenerating Yiddish 鈥� the language and culture of the European Jews
A history of the restaurant
From dining in Song-dynasty China to the modern open kitchen
Eleanor Roosevelt: Redefining the First Lady
How the wife of US President Franklin Roosevelt became a powerful political operator
Ibn Khaldun: 14th Century sage
The life and work of a pioneering social scientist and historiographer
Cyrano de Bergerac: Big-nosed hero
The swashbuckling poet of a late 19th-century French play and his real-life inspiration
The Scythians: Masters of the steppe
The nomadic warriors who ruled vast swathes of Asia and Europe and who knew how to party
The Russian civil war: How the Soviets rose to power
How the events of the Russian civil war led to Lenin鈥檚 communist dictatorship
Fridtjof Nansen: Norway's great explorer
The polar adventures of a remarkable man whose humanitarian work saved thousands of lives
Rudolf Nureyev: Superstar Russian dancer
Exploring the life of a man who pushed the boundaries of ballet.
John Harvey Kellogg: The 鈥榳ellness鈥� pioneer
How the co-inventor of cornflakes inspired a healthy living revolution
