Greg Jenner

My name's Greg Jenner.

I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster.

And today we are grabbing our bestie and gallivanting back to ancient Mesopotamia to learn all about the epic of Gilgamesh.

And to help us on this daunting quest, we have two very special guides.

In History Corner, she's an honorary fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, where she researches and teaches on the history of Mesopotamia, Cuneiform and the Akkadian language.

You might have read her wonderful recent book, Between Two Rivers, Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History.

It is glorious.

And you'll remember her from our episodes on the ancient Babylonians and Cuneiform.

It's Dr. Moody Al-Rashid.

Welcome, Moody.

We love having you back.

And in Comedy Corner, she's an award-winning comedian, actor and storyteller.

You might have seen her sell-out Edinburgh Friends show or caught her on Breaking the News or Rosie Jones' disability comedy Extravaganza or her new Radio 4 show, Human Watch.

And you'll definitely remember her from our episode on Scottish hero Robert Bruce, not Robert the Bruce.

It's Mary-Laine Robertson.

Welcome back, Mary-Laine.

Mary-Elaine, last time you let slip that you have a degree in archaeology.

And we immediately went, uh-oh, this is interesting.

How much will she know?

Okay, so a refresher course for you.