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Radio 4,10 Aug 2017,27 mins

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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 Rome. Now she's standing up in the name of the Roman lawyer, politician and orator Cicero. Maybe we'd all love him a bit more if Shakespeare had had a nicer Latin teacher. Expect a lot of gossip from a thousand years ago. With special guests: Lawyer Mark Stephens Professor Llewelyn Morgan Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2017.

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