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1. A Cad and a Bounder

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Public Historian and comedy nerd Greg Jenner is on an Arthurian quest to discover why comedy writers love history

Public Historian Greg Jenner embarks on an Arthurian quest to find out how comedy writers make history funny.

Greg is the Historical Consultant to all eight TV series of C麻豆官网首页入口鈥檚 Emmy and multiple BAFTA award-winning Horrible Histories.

In short, he is both a nerd and a comedy nerd.

In the first of three programmes, Greg grapples with the big questions over accuracy and ethics

With the help of:

* Comedian-turned-classicist Natalie Haynes
* 鈥楬orrible Histories鈥� Head Writer Ben Ward
* 鈥楢ustentatious鈥� improvisers Cariad Lloyd and Andrew Hunter-Murray.

Featured programme:

鈥楢USTENTATIOUS: A Cad and a Bounder鈥� [麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4 18/06/2017]

Producer: Anne-Marie Luff

Made for 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February 2019.

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