A history of the early Roman Empire as told from the viewpoint of the elderly Emperor Claudius. Based on the novels by Robert Graves.
Show Details:
Start date: Sep 1976
End date: Dec 1976
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC Two (UK)
Run time: 50 min
Episodes: 13 eps
Genre(s): Drama, Historical
End date: Dec 1976
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC Two (UK)
Run time: 50 min
Episodes: 13 eps
Genre(s): Drama, Historical
Credits:
- Derek Jacobi as Claudius
- Siân Phillips as Livia
- Brian Blessed as Augustus
- George Baker as Tiberius
- Margaret Tyzack as Antonia
- Patricia Quinn as Livilla
- John Hurt as Caligula
- Patrick Stewart as Sejanus
- Fiona Walker as Agrippina
- James Faulkner as Herod Agrippa
- John Rhys-Davies as Macro
- Kevin McNally as Castor
- Ian Ogilvy as Drusus
- David Robb as Germanicus
- Sheila White as Messalina
- Bernard Hepton as Pallas
- John Cater as Narcissus
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||
| 1. | 1-1 | 20 Sep 76 | A Touch of Murder |
| 2. | 1-2 | 20 Sep 76 | Family Affairs |
| 3. | 1-3 | 27 Sep 76 | Waiting in the Wings |
| 4. | 1-4 | 04 Oct 76 | What Shall We Do About Claudius? |
| 5. | 1-5 | 11 Oct 76 | Poison is Queen |
| 6. | 1-6 | 18 Oct 76 | Some Justice |
| 7. | 1-7 | 25 Oct 76 | Queen of Heaven |
| 8. | 1-8 | 01 Nov 76 | Reign of Terror |
| 9. | 1-9 | 08 Nov 76 | Zeus, by Jove! |
| 10. | 1-10 | 15 Nov 76 | Hail Who? |
| 11. | 1-11 | 22 Nov 76 | Fool's Luck |
| 12. | 1-12 | 29 Nov 76 | A God in Colchester |
| 13. | 1-13 | 06 Dec 76 | Old King Log |
The original books by Robert Graves are available:
|
I, Claudius (book 1)  |
Claudius the God (book 2)  |