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1. A Cad and a Bounder

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Public Historian and comedy nerd Greg Jenner is on an Arthurian quest to discover why comedy writers love history

Public Historian Greg Jenner embarks on an Arthurian quest to find out how comedy writers make history funny.

Greg is the Historical Consultant to all eight TV series of C大象传媒鈥檚 Emmy and multiple BAFTA award-winning Horrible Histories.

In short, he is both a nerd and a comedy nerd.

In the first of three programmes, Greg grapples with the big questions over accuracy and ethics

With the help of:

* Comedian-turned-classicist Natalie Haynes
* 鈥楬orrible Histories鈥� Head Writer Ben Ward
* 鈥楢ustentatious鈥� improvisers Cariad Lloyd and Andrew Hunter-Murray.

Featured programme:

鈥楢USTENTATIOUS: A Cad and a Bounder鈥� [大象传媒 Radio 4 18/06/2017]

Producer: Anne-Marie Luff

Made for 大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February 2019.

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