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Natalie Haynes takes a fresh look at the ancient world, creating stand-up routines about figures from ancient Greece and Rome.

Updated: weekly
Episodes available: indefinitely

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    JuvenalSeries 3

    Thu 24 Aug 2017

    4/4 Natalie Haynes stands up for Roman satirist Juvenal. With Armando Iannucci.

  • LucianSeries 3

    Thu 17 Aug 2017

    3/4 Natalie Haynes stands up for the little-known but super-influential Greek writer Lucian.

  • CiceroSeries 3

    Thu 10 Aug 2017

    2/4 Natalie Haynes stands up for the Roman orator, Cicero.

  • SapphoSeries 3

    Thu 3 Aug 2017

    1/4 Natalie Haynes stands up for the Greek poet Sappho.

  • AgrippinaSeries 2

    Mon 2 May 2016

    4/4 Natalie Haynes stands up for Agrippina the Younger, who bossed it in first century Rome.

  • PlatoSeries 2

    Mon 25 Apr 2016

    3/4 Natalie Haynes stands up for one of the greatest all-time thinkers, Plato.

  • OvidSeries 2

    Mon 18 Apr 2016

    2/4 Join Natalie Haynes for comedy and Classics, as she stands up for Roman poet Ovid.

  • AristophanesSeries 2

    Mon 11 Apr 2016

    1/4 Join Natalie Haynes as she stands up for the Greek playwright Aristophanes.

  • AspasiaSeries 1

    Mon 14 Apr 2014

    4/4 A fresh look at the ancient world. How to be a notorious woman in ancient Greece.

  • VirgilSeries 1

    Mon 7 Apr 2014

    3/4 Episode 3: Virgil gives tips on bee-keeping and creates Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

  • SophoclesSeries 1

    Mon 31 Mar 2014

    2/4 A fresh look at the ancient world: Sophocles invents the TV detective.

  • PetroniusSeries 1

    Mon 24 Mar 2014

    1/4 A fresh look at the ancient world. Satire, sex and sausages.

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