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Hilarious Histories - What's So Funny About the Past?

3. Eddie Izzard & Pauline Pepys' Dowry

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Public Historian Greg Jenner concludes his Arthurian quest to find out how comedy writers make history funny.

Greg is the Historical Consultant to all eight TV series of CBBC’s Emmy and multiple BAFTA award-winning Horrible Histories.

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

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

With the help of:

Comedian-turned-classicist Natalie Haynes
‘Horrible Histories’ Head Writer Ben Ward
‘Austentatious’ improvisers Cariad Lloyd and Andrew Hunter-Murray

Featured programmes:

‘Pauline Pepys’ Dowry’ [BBC Radio 4 2010]
‘That Mitchell and Webb Sound’ [BBC Radio 4 2005]
‘Eddie Izzard: Dressed to Kill’

Producer: Anne-Marie Luff.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February 2019. Show less

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