Drama
War & Politics
Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.
Top-rated
Mon,
18 Oct, 1976
S1.E5Some Justice
As Augustus learned of Livia's plot against Postumus, she took action which resulted in Tiberius becoming emperor. The situation in the East now threatens Tiberius's position.
Top-rated
Mon,
11 Oct, 1976
S1.E4Poison is Queen
The Imperial Army on the Rhine has been wiped out and Tiberius sent to avenge the defeat, followed later by Germanicus. Livia has discredited Postumus, who has been banished. Augustus has been feeling unwell, but is avoiding suspicions of poisoning by eating figs from his own garden.
Derek Jacobi
Claudius
Siân Phillips
Livia Drusilla
Margaret Tyzack
Antonia
Brian Blessed
Augustus
James Faulkner
Herod Agrippa
Fiona Walker
Agrippina
Kevin McNally
Castor
Bernard Hepton
Pallas
Sheila White
Messalina
John Cater
Narcissus
Frances White
Julia
David Robb
Germanicus
Ian Ogilvy
Drusus
John Paul
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
John Rhys-Davies
Naevius Sutorius Macro
George Baker
Tiberius
John Hurt
Caligula
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