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4 Extra Debut. What are exams for? Mary Beard scales the roofs of Cambridge college - and grills Richard Herring in Latin. From 2016.
Cambridge Classics professor, Mary Beard, tells the intriguing story of the history of exams.
She asks: What are exams really for?
In her quest for an answer, Mary scales the rooftops of King's College, Cambridge, grills a well-known comedian in Latin and discovers Charles Darwin was a terrible student more interested in finding beetles than doing his exams.
Mary delves into the world of exams past and present.
She's joined by:
Comedian Richard Herring
Roof-walker and academic, Katherine Rundell,
Fellow Classicist Simon Goldhill
Producer: Adele Armstrong
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2016.
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Can comedian Richard Herring pass Mary Beard’s Latin test?
Duration: 01:19
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