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4 Extra Debut. 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?

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.

Mary delves into the world of exams past and present.

She's joined by:

Comedian Richard Herring
Roof-walker and academic, Katherine Rundell,
Fellow Classicist Simon Goldhill

Producer: Adele Armstrong

First broadcast on ±«Óãtv Radio 4 in July 2016.

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30 minutes

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  • Wed 6 Jul 2016 11:00
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