Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics
- Radio stand-up
- BBC Radio 4
- 2014 - 2023
- 36 episodes (9 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.
- Due to return for Series 10
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Series 5, Episode 2 - Roman British Women: Claudia Severa
Further details
Natalie Haynes tells the stories of the handful of Roman-British women whose traces stay with us: a fierce queen, a slave woman freed for love, the so-called 'Ivory Bangle Lady' and Claudia Severa, whose invitation to her friend to her birthday party some two thousand years ago is one of the greatest historical treasures of Roman Britain.
Wooden tablets, ivory (and jet) bangles and a romantic gravestone inscription from South Shields. Natalie is joined by guests Professor Llewelyn Morgan and archaeologist Dr Paul Roberts/p].
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 30th December 2019
- Time
- 4pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
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Date | Time | Channel |
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Tuesday 29th September 2020 | 11:30am | Radio 4 |
Cast & crew
Natalie Haynes | Host / Presenter |
Llewelyn Morgan | Guest |
Paul Roberts | Guest |
Natalie Haynes | Writer |
Mary Ward-Lowery | Producer |