Episodes
| First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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| 20160706 | 20240902 (BBC7) |
Cambridge Classics professor, Mary Beard, tells the intriguing story of the history of exams and asks what are exams really for. In her quest for an answer, she scales the rooftops of King's College, Cambridge, grills a well-known comedian in Latin and discovers Charles Darwin was a terrible student more interested in finding beetles than doing his exams.
Mary delves into the world of exams past and present in the company of comedian Richard Herring, roof-walker and academic, Katherine Rundell, fellow Classicist Simon Goldhill and others.
Producer: Adele Armstrong.
Mary Beard tells the intriguing story of the history of exams.
In her quest for an answer, Mary scales the rooftops of King's College, Cambridge, grills a well-known comedian in Latin and discovers Charles Darwin was a terrible student more interested in finding beetles than doing his exams.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.
What are exams for? Mary Beard scales the roofs of Cambridge college - and grills Richard Herring in Latin. From 2016.
Cambridge Classics professor, Mary Beard, tells the intriguing story of the history of exams.
She asks: What are exams really for?
Mary delves into the world of exams past and present.
She's joined by:
| First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 20160706 | 20240902 (BBC7) |