I, Claudius [1976 TV miniseries]
by Herbert Wise (Director), Jack Pulman (Screenwriter)
I, Claudius. BBC (Collections and Selections — 11-12)
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An epic tale of ambition, debauchery, and intrigue, the Emmy-winning BBC series is one of the most popular and acclaimed dramas in Masterpiece Theatre history. Based on the novels by Robert Graves, spanning the history of the Roman Empire from Augustus to Nero. Episodes include: A Touch of Murder, Waiting in the Wings, What Shall We Do About Claudius?, Poison is Queen, Some Justice, plus extended versions of episodes one and two, and bonus features.Tags
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I stopped watching Masterpiece Theater a couple decades ago, so this is still the best thing I've ever seen on it. Great acting, great story, and enough intrigue, back-stabbing and sexual escapades to fill five soap operas. I painstakingly taped it off of television over a three month period and haven't been quite able to part with those tapes, even though I have the DVD. First watched it in college, and none of us could wait for it from one week to the next. The books are also good, though the second one spends way too much time on Herrod for my taste.
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The series charts the transformation of Rome from a strife-torn Republic to a totalitarian state. However this is less the grand telling of history than the blackest of comedies about the most dysfunctional family in history! Murder, incest, madness, paedophilia - none of the slimy stones are left unturned as the vitriolic remnants of Roman historians like Seutonius are dramatised (often caricatured) and presented through the eyes of 'old Uncle Claudius' the gentle, handicapped but erudite member of the family who manages to keep his head down long enough to become the reluctant Emperor.
Jan 31, 2025Portuguese (Brazil)
Miniserie de TV de 13 episodios. Claudio, Emperador de Roma, viendo aproximarse el final de su vida, decide escribir la historia de su familia (dinastía julio-claudia) desde el año 50 a.C. al 50 d.C. La Sibila ha profetizado que esta historia llegará a la posteridad. Adaptación del texto del célebre escritor e historiador Robert Graves, y que presenta, con finas dosis de humor y un toque de inocencia, al emperador Claudio y su visión de aquellos turbulentos años.
Jan 18, 2019Spanish
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Mar 14, 2023Spanish
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- Canonical title
- I, Claudius [1976 TV miniseries]
- Original title
- I, Claudius [DVD]
- Original publication date
- 1976
- People/Characters
- Caligula (John Hurt); Tiberius Caesar, Roman Emperor (George Baker); Claudius I, Emperor of Rome (Derek Jacobi); Augustus Caesar (Brian Blessed); Livia Drusilla (Siâ | n Phillips); Julia the Elder (Frances White) (show all 33); Lucius Aelius Sejanus (Patrick Stewart); Antonia Minor (Margaret Tyzack); Claudia Livia Julia (Patricia Quinn as Livilla); Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (John Paul); Valeria Messalina (Sheila White); Julia Drusilla (Beth Morris); Agrippina the Younger (Barbara Young); Agrippina the Elder (Fiona Walker); Milonia Caesonia (Freda Dowie); Vipsania Agrippina (Sheila Ruskin); Domitia Lepida the Younger (Moira Redmond); Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Christopher Biggins); Britannicus (Graham Seed); Appius Junius Silanus (Lyndon Brook); Nero Claudius Drusus (Ian Ogilvy); Germanicus (David Robb); Agrippa Postumus (John Castle); Herod Agrippa I, King of Judea (James Faulkner); Drusus Julius Caesar (Kevin McNally as Castor); Naevius Sutorius Macro (John Rhys-Davies); Marcus Claudius Marcellus (Christopher Guard); Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (Stratford Johns); Marcus Antonius Pallas (Bernard Hepton); Tiberius Claudius Narcissus (John Cater); Lucius Caesar (Simon MacCorkindale); Octavia Minor (Angela Morant); Cassius Chaerea (Sam Dastor)
- Important places
- Roman Empire; Rome, Italy; Ancient Rome; Italy
- Important events
- Reign of Augustus Caesar; Reign of Tiberius Caesar; Reign of Caligula; Reign of Claudius; Roman Empire
- Related movies
- I, Claudius (1976 | IMDb)
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