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Natalie Haynes
Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics

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.

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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.

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Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 24th March 2014 at 4pm on BBC Radio 4
Most recent repeats

Recording details

  • BBC Radio Theatre - Series 1-5, 8-10
  • Hay Festival - Series 9

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