I, Claudius (1976)

Directed by

Herbert Wise

Genre

historical drama, political drama

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 12 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 139 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly Roman emperor tells his family's dark history. The series follows the rise of the Julio-Claudian dynasty through betrayal and murder.

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What happens

I, Claudius (stylised as I·CLAVDIVS) is a 1976 BBC Television adaptation of Robert Graves' 1934 novel I, Claudius and its 1935 sequel Claudius the God. Written by Jack Pulman, it stars Derek Jacobi as Claudius, with Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker, Margaret Tyzack, John Hurt, Patricia Quinn, Ian Ogilvy, Kevin McNally, Patrick Stewart and John Rhys-Davies. The series covers the history of the early Roman Empire, told from the perspective of the elderly Emperor Claudius, who narrates the series. Among many other productions and adaptations, Graves' Claudius novels have also been adapted for a BBC Radio 4 broadcast (2010) and for the stage (1972). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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