Are you a touch narcissistic? Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek myths from Achilles to Zeus.

Natalie Haynes considers the work of the Roman poet Virgil, ranging from his hints on bee-keeping to his great work The Aeneid. Dido is the classic wronged woman and the Aeneid contains the best ...

Bestselling author, stand-up comedian, and broadcaster Natalie Haynes is the closest thing the world of classical academia ...

Natalie Haynes tells stories of the most beautiful woman in the world, who hatched from an egg and was the daughter of Zeus: Helen of Troy. Men fought over her from an early age, but was she really to ...

This week Natalie explores why it's so easy to fall in love with Aristotle, have fun with his Nicomachean ethics and how we know he had 20:20 vision. It seems he hated being tutor to Alexander the ...

The worst dinner party in history. Natalie investigates the work of the writer Petronius, creator of the infamous Satyricon, later made into a film by Fellini. It's all about excess; as a vegetarian, ...

Join Natalie Haynes and guests for half an hour of comedy and the Classics from the BBC Radio Theatre in London. Natalie is a reformed comedian who is a little bit obsessive about Ancient Greece and ...

Natalie is a recovering comedian who is a little bit obsessive about Ancient Greece and Rome. Each week she takes a different figure from the Ancient World and tells their story through a mix of stand ...

Natalie examines the life of Cleopatra: a brilliant politician, a ruthless leader and a massive brain-box. But she probably didn't look like Elizabeth Taylor.

This time, the comic routines are centred on Penthesilea, Amazon warrior queen, who was given a hero's burial when she died in battle.

Returns on Tuesday 24th December on Radio 4 at 9am with Christmas Special Natalie examines the life of Cleopatra: a brilliant politician, a ruthless leader and a massive brain-box. But she probably ...