Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics | S7E3: Jocasta

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics | S1E2: Sophocles

Natalie Haynes takes a fresh look at the ancient world: Sophocles invents the TV detective with Oedipus. With Edi...

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics | S1E3: Virgil

Natalie Haynes takes a fresh look at the ancient world: Virgil’s link to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. With Edith Hall.

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics | S2E1: Aristophanes

Natalie Haynes takes a fresh look at the ancient world: meet Greek playwright and comedy genius Aristophanes.

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics | S4E3: Euripides

Natalie Haynes stands up for Greek playwright Euripides, whose Medea still shocks with its insight into the posit...

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics | S5E4: Homer: The Iliad

Natalie Haynes stands up for Homer's Iliad, the epic story of the final weeks of the Trojan War.

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics | S6E4: Penelope

Natalie Haynes tells stories of Penelope, the clever woman and perfect wife behind The Odyssey. With Professors Ed...

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics | S7E3: Jocasta

The wife of Oedipus. And mother. A still spellbindingly shocking story. With Professor Edith Hall.

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics | S7E4: Clytemnestra

The worst wife in Greek myth. Or was she? With Professor Edith Hall.

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics | S8E4: Homer: The Odyssey

Natalie tells Homer's epic story of Odysseus's journey home from the Trojan War, stopping off for advent...