Episode 3
Pliny has a new job as chief overseer of the sewage works of Rome, but it is someone else who has to do the real dirty work. By Hattie Naylor.
Pliny has a new job as Chief Overseer of the sewage works of Rome - but it's Venta, his slave, who has to go under ground and check for blockages. There he finds that Rome's prisoners are doing the real dirty work, including a Stoic philosopher, the victim of a recent purge by the Emperor Domitian. By Hattie Naylor, based on real events in first century Rome.
Pliny the Younger . . . Kieran Hodgson
Venta . . . Nigel Barrett
Marcella/Hispulla . . . Joanna Scanlan
Calpurnia . . . Kimberley Nixon
Prisoner . . . Matthew Gravelle
Stoic . . . Ewan Bailey
Music composed and performed by Pete Flood (percussion) with Laura Cannell (recorder, crumhorn), Rhodri Davies (Harp) and Paul Sartin (Oboe, Cor Anglais)
A BBC /Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Pliny the Younger | Kieran Hodgson |
| Venta | Nigel Barrett |
| Marcella | Joanna Scanlan |
| Hispulla | Joanna Scanlan |
| Calpurnia | Kimberley Nixon |
| Prisoner | Matthew Gravelle |
| Stoic | Ewan Bailey |
| Director | Kate McAll |
| Writer | Hattie Naylor |
Broadcasts
- Wed 17 Jan 201810:41BBC Radio 4
- Wed 17 Jan 201819:45BBC Radio 4
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