Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics
- Radio stand-up
- BBC Radio 4
- 2014 - 2024
- 43 episodes (10 series)
Natalie Haynes takes a fresh look at the ancient world, creating a stand-up routine about a figure from ancient Greece or Rome. Stars Natalie Haynes and Edith Hall.
Key details
- Genre
- Stand-Up
- Broadcast
- 2014 - 2024
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 43 (10 series)
- Stars
- Natalie Haynes and Edith Hall
- Writer
- Natalie Haynes
- Producers
- Christine Hall and Mary Ward-Lowery
- Company
Natalie Haynes, critic, writer and reformed stand-up comedian, brings the ancient world entertainingly up to date.
In each of the programmes she profiles a figure from ancient Greece or Rome and creates a stand-up routine around them. She then goes in search of the links which make the ancient world still very relevant in the 21st century.
Catch-up
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 24th March 2014 at 4pm on BBC Radio 4
- Most recent repeats
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- Monday 19th August 2024 at 9:30am on Radio 4 - Series 4, Episode 4
- Saturday 3rd September 2022 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 - Series 8, Episode 3
- Saturday 27th August 2022 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 - Series 8, Episode 2
Recording details
- BBC Radio Theatre - Series 1-5, 8-10
- Hay Festival - Series 9