How To Survive The Roman Empire, By Pliny And Me
- Radio comedy
- BBC Radio 4
- 2015 - 2018
- 15 episodes (3 series)
Comic drama series is based on real letters written by Pliny to his friends and colleagues in the 1st Century AD. Stars Kieran Hodgson, Nigel Barrett, Joanna Scanlan and Mia Soteriou.
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Series 1, Episode 2
Pliny the Younger and Venta, his new Welsh slave, go hunting for boar.
Further details
Venta, who used to be a free man called Cadwalader of Caerwent, has now been slave to Pliny the Younger for a month. He's been welcomed into the household, especially by Pliny's mother - though not by Doris the cook who resents him interrupting her divinations.
With a picnic basket of stuffed dormice, Pliny and Venta go hunting for boar, though Pliny would much rather write a letter to his friend Tacitus than actually get his hands dirty - after all, he's got Venta to do that for him.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 27th October 2015
- Time
- 10:45am
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 15 minutes
Cast & crew
| Kieran Hodgson | Pliny the Younger |
| Nigel Barrett | Venta |
| Joanna Scanlan | Marcella |
| Mia Soteriou | Doris |
| Hattie Naylor | Writer |
| Kate McAll | Director |
| Kate McAll | Producer |