In Our Time

Pliny the Younger

Duration: 42 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 12^th Dec 2013, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 12^th Dec 2013, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman lawyer and statesman Pliny the Younger, whose letters offer a fascinating insight into his life and the ancient world. Show more

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Presenter:: Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:: Catharine Edwards
Interviewed Guest:: Roy Gibson
Interviewed Guest:: Alice Koenig
Producer:: Thomas Morris

Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Thu 16^th Nov 2017, 21:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Fri 13^th Dec 2019, 02:00 on BBC Four HD

Michael Wood goes in search of the Roman poet Ovid. Metamorphoses made him a superstar but then came scandal and exile. His story is told in his own words, by Simon Russell Beale. Show more