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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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 in July 2016.