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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 CΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s 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
* β€˜Horrible Histories’ Head Writer Ben Ward
* β€˜Austentatious’ improvisers Cariad Lloyd and Andrew Hunter-Murray.

Featured programme:

β€˜AUSTENTATIOUS: A Cad and a Bounder’ [ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 18/06/2017]

Producer: Anne-Marie Luff

Made for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February 2019.

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