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I, CLAUDIUS
BBC/London Film Productions, 1976
Ep 9: Thursday 16 November 11pm-11.55pm
Ep 10: Thursday 23 November 11pm-11.55pm
Ep 11: Thursday 30 November 11pm-11.55pm
Ep 12: Thursday 7 December 11pm-11.55pm
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Based on Robert Graves' epic novels about the decline of Roman civilisation in the first century AD, this award-winning 12-part drama redefined the boundaries of television when it was broadcast in 1976.
Jack Pulman's brilliant script conveys the unrelenting depravity during the reigns of the four Emperors who succeeded Julius Caesar: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, and Claudius. The star-studded cast includes Derek Jacobi as Claudius, John Hurt as Caligula and Brian Blessed as Augustus.
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Comments on I, Claudius:
Screen Online
Scene after scene brilliantly melds gallows humour with truculent representations of the violence and depravity of ancient Rome, such as when Augustus (Brian Blessed in perhaps his best role) lines up and berates the many men his married daughter has been sleeping with.
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DVD Times
The theme is not tyranny but hypocrisy. The Claudians, like The Sopranos, pretend to be one big happy family. Livia, queen of poisoners and with spies everywhere, is mother and first lady to Rome. Claudius makes out he is an idiot. One Emperor after another is revered though palpably unfit to rule. Rome itself is a lie, pretending to be a Republic ruled by a noble Senate.
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The DVD Report
Wrought with suspense, I, Claudius will make its viewers question how any human survived the era known as the ancient Roman Empire. The murders, double-crossings, and various affairs seem to be drawn from a fictional paperback - not in the pages of a history book.
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TV.com
An outstanding dramatic interpretation of not only the story of Claudius, but basically starting from Augustus to Claudius' reign. When I saw the series in later years, I almost had a coronary when I realized that was Patrick Stewart (with hair!).
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IN PICTURES
Meet some of the cast from I, Claudius
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Cast
Claudius Derek Jacobi
Tiberius George Baker
Nero Christopher Biggins
Livia Siân Phillips
Caligula John Hurt
Messalina Sheila White
Augustus Brian Blessed
Antonia Margaret Tyzack
Agrippa John Paul
Sejanus Patrick Stewart
Drusus Ian Ogilvy
Germanicus David Robb
Livilla Patricia Quinn
Herod James Faulkner
Marcellus Christopher Guard
Gratus Bernard Hill
Producer Martin Lisemore
Director Herbert Wise
Writer Jack Pulman
BBC Links
BBC History: Claudius
Biography of the Emperor
Further Links
I, Claudius Project
In-depth site about the BBC production
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Wikipedia: I, Claudius
Details about the novel and adaptations
I, Claudius: The Episodes
Breakdown of each episode
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