BBC Radio 4 has broadcast six series of "Natalie Haynes Stands up for the Classics", in which, aided by experts, she makes serious and amusing remarks about historical people and texts from ancient Greece and Rome, from Petronius to Sappho. A fifth series was recorded in October-November 2019 and was broadcast on Radio 4 from 23 December 2019. Series five included programmes on Aristotle, Claudia Severa, Suetonius, and Homer's Iliad. Haynes' guests included Edith Hall and Anita Anand. Series six was broadcast from 17 May 2020. Episodes included "Helen of Troy" and "Penthesilea, Amazon Warrior Queen", recorded with Edith Hall.