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Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics

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About the show

Natalie Haynes takes a fresh look at the ancient world, creating stand-up routines about figures from ancient Greece and Rome.

Latest episodes

  • Medea

    September 10, 2026 · 28 min

    Natalie tells the story of Euripides' Medea, the sorceress who enacted the ultimate revenge on the husband who betrayed her, to a rapt audience at the Hay Festival. 'Rockstar mythologist' Natalie Haynes is the best-selling author of…

  • Roman True Crime

    September 4, 2026 · 28 min

    Natalie takes on a truly cold case, the unsolved murder of a woman called Regilla in 2nd century Rome. She's aided by detectives Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five, and Llewelyn Morgan. Regilla's husband, Herodes Atticus, was accused of…

  • The Argonautica

    August 27, 2026 · 28 min

    Natalie narrates Jason and the Argonauts' epic quest to find the Golden Fleece. Killer women, bronze giants, talking crows and a skeleton army all feature in the great poem by Apollonius. No wonder the equally epic 1963 film of the story…

  • Hypatia

    August 20, 2026 · 28 min

    The Greek mathematician and philosopher has vanished from history because she was a woman. Natalie reveals the evidence of her brilliance in 4th century Alexandria and openly envies her philosopher's cloak. Islam Issa and Adam Rutherford…

  • The Oracle at Delphi

    August 13, 2026 · 28 min

    Natalie, with Michael Scott and Alicia Stallings, offers a helpful guide to using the Oracle to get answers to your life's big questions. You'll need cash and a sign from a goat. 'Rockstar mythologist' Natalie Haynes is the best-selling…

  • Nero

    August 6, 2026 · 27 min

    Did the Boy Emperor in fact fiddle while Rome burned? Natalie's joined by star of BBC TV's I, Claudius, Christopher Biggins and Llewelyn Morgan to find out if he was all bad. For a seventeen year old put in charge of an Empire, he was…

  • Alexandria: The Science

    July 30, 2026 · 27 min

    Natalie is joined by Islam Issa and Adam Rutherford to reveal the extraordinary creativity and breadth of the stellar scientific inventions made in the ancient city of Alexandria. From early weather forecasting to the first suggestion…

  • The Aeneid

    September 2, 2025 · 28 min

    In a tour de force solo performance, Natalie takes on Virgil's great poem in 28 minutes.. and wins. In 12 books of Latin verse we follow the hero, the Trojan Prince Aeneas, as he leads the survivors of Troy to found a new city in Italy…