How to Survive the Roman Empire, by Pliny and Me: The Complete Series 1-3

Kieran Hodgson stars as Pliny the Younger in Hattie Naylor’s engaging drama charting the fortunes of a household in Ancient Rome. The Emperor Domitian has informers everywhere; no-one is safe. He rules Rome with a rod of iron, and is dangerously unstable and paranoid. In the snake-pit of Imperial Rome, all Pliny the Younger wants to do is get his letters ready for publication. Except if he, his mother Marcella, their Greek cook Doris (who narrowly missed out on becoming the next Oracle at Delphi), and Venta, their slave with secretarial skills have any chance of surveying, they are going to have to negotiate a political minefield, keep their eyes peeled for spies and, most of all, not do anything to annoy the Emperor. Easier said than done. Cast and credits Pliny the Younger……………….. Kieran Hodgson Venta……………………………….. Nigel Barrett Marcella…………………………… Joanna Scanlan Doris the Cook………………… Mia Soteriou Regulus………………………. Matthew Gravelle Lucipor………………………… Ewan Bailey Produced by and directed for radio by Kate McAll Written by Hattie Naylor