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I, Claudius (TV series)

June 04, 2023

I, Claudius (stylized 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.

I, Claudius
Genre
Created by
Based onI, Claudius and
Claudius the God
by Robert Graves
Written byJack Pulman
Directed byHerbert Wise
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes12 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerMartin Lisemore
Running time50+ minutes per episode
Production companyBBC/London Films
Release
Original networkBBC2
Original release20 September (1976-09-20) –
6 December 1976 (1976-12-06)

Among many other productions and adaptations, Graves' Claudius novels have also been adapted for BBC Radio 4 broadcast (2010) and for the stage (1972).

Plot summary and episodes

Main article: List of I, Claudius episodes

I, Claudius follows the history of the early Roman Empire, narrated by the elderly Roman Emperor Claudius, from the year 24 BC to his death in AD 54.

The series opens with Augustus, the first Emperor of Rome, attempting to find an heir, and his wife, Livia, plotting to elevate her own son Tiberius to this position. An expert poisoner, Livia uses the covert assassination and betrayal of all rivals to achieve her aims, beginning with the death in 22 BC of Marcellus. The plotting, double-crossing, and murder continue for many decades, through the reign of Tiberius, the political conspiracy of his Praetorian Prefect Sejanus, and the depraved rule of the lunatic emperor Caligula, culminating in the accidental rise to power of his uncle Claudius. Claudius' enlightened reign is marred by the betrayals of his adulterous wife Messalina and his boyhood friend Herod Agrippa. Eventually, Claudius comes to accept the inevitability of his own assassination and consents to marrying his scheming niece, Agrippina the Younger, clearing the way for the ascent of his mad stepson, Nero, whose disastrous reign Claudius vainly hopes will bring about the restoration of the Roman Republic.

Cast

Production

The series was produced by Joan Sullivan and Martin Lisemore, and directed by Herbert Wise. Production was delayed because of complex negotiations between the BBC and the copyright holders of Alexander Korda's aborted 1937 film version. This did, however, give the scriptwriter Jack Pulman more time to fine-tune his script.

The series was shot on videotape in the studios at BBC Television Centre, for artistic rather than budgetary reasons.[1] I, Claudius was made at a relatively low cost of £60,000 for an hour of broadcast material (£459,000 in 2021), in a series that had a total running time of 650 minutes.[2]

As alluded to in the 2002 documentary I, Claudius: A Television Epic, the original version of episode 8, "Zeus, by Jove!", included a closing shot after Caligula has cut the fetus from Drusilla's womb, which was considered very shocking. It was therefore re-edited several times, even on the day of its premiere, by order of Bill Slater, then head of Serials Department. After initial broadcast and a rerun two days later, the scene was edited again, so that the episode is now "somewhat attenuated". The "slightly nastier version" of the episode's closing (a scene that used "makeup on her belly") was allegedly shown twice in 1976, but is now lost since the BBC no longer has a copy of it. Pulman noted that the original script for the episode ended with "a long shot showing the butchered woman hanging on a chariot".[3][4][5]

The 2002 documentary, which features extensive interviews with all the principal cast members, revealed many previously unknown facts about the casting and development of the series, among them being:

  • Derek Jacobi was well down the list of those considered to play Claudius. Among those considered for or offered the part before him were American film star Charlton Heston and British actor-comedian Ronnie Barker. Jacobi explained that he secured the role only after another prominent (unnamed) British actor who had taken the part proved to be unsuitable, and had to be replaced at short notice.
  • Brian Blessed originally auditioned for the role of Tiberius, but was eventually persuaded to play Augustus instead. He recounted some of director Herbert Wise's key pieces of advice on how to play Augustus: Wise told Blessed that he should "be as you are – full of flannel", and that he should always play Augustus as an ordinary person, because the reactions of those around him would make him the Emperor.
  • John Hurt said that he declined the role of Caligula when it was first offered to him. Because of the time-span of the production, the fact that Derek Jacobi would be the only actor to appear in every episode, and the subsequent commitments of the other actors, it was decided that rather than the customary "wrap party" at the end of the series, there would be a special pre-production party instead, to give the entire cast and crew the chance to meet. Hurt explained that series director Herbert Wise deliberately invited him to attend the party, hoping he would reconsider, and that he was so impressed on meeting the cast and crew that he immediately reversed his decision and took the part.
  • Siân Phillips has spoken about her initial struggle to perform the character of Livia, because she focused more on making the character sympathetic and justifying her motives rather than playing her as straightforwardly evil. "I wasn't achieving anything much... I knew it, and they knew it. They would stand there and look faintly worried."[6] Eventually Herbert Wise told her not to be afraid of playing her camp, saying to "Just be evil. The more evil you are, the funnier it is, and the more terrifying it is."[6]

Music

Wilfred Josephs wrote the title music. David Wulstan and the Clerkes of Oxenford ensemble provided the (diegetic) music for most episodes.

Home media

 
Cover of the US release of the first I, Claudius DVD. There has since been a remastered edition with a different cover.

Most VHS and DVD versions of the TV series include the BBC documentary The Epic That Never Was (1965), about the uncompleted Korda film version of the first book, featuring interviews with key production staff and actors as well as most of the surviving footage. The 2002 UK DVD edition also contains a documentary on the series, I, Claudius – a Television Epic, as well as some alternative and deleted scenes. The US DVD release was updated on 2 December 2008 with superior audio and video to the 2000 US DVD version, but it was met with hostile reviews from some customers, citing that some parts were either cut or censored from the original version, and no subtitles or closed captioning was included.[7]

A 35th anniversary edition was released on 27 March 2012. It includes all 13 episodes (uncut except for the lost footage in "Zeus, by Jove!") on four discs, with SDH subtitles and one disc of bonus features.[8]

Awards and reception

United Kingdom

The initial reception of the show in the UK was negative, with The Guardian commenting sarcastically in its first review that "there should be a society for the prevention of cruelty to actors."[6] However, the series went on to become a huge success with audiences. During its original airing in 1976, the BBC estimated that I, Claudius had an average audience of 2.5 million viewers per episode, based on rating surveys.[9] Among other awards, the series won three BAFTAs in 1977 : Derek Jacobi, Best Actor (TV); Siân Phillips, Best Actress (TV); Tim Harvey, Best Design (TV). Director Herbert Wise won Outstanding Contribution Award at BAFTAs in 1978. In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, I, Claudius placed 12th.

United States

The series was subsequently broadcast in the United States as part of PBS's Masterpiece Theatre series, where it received critical acclaim. Tim Harvey won a 1978 Emmy for Outstanding Art Direction. The producers and director received Emmy nominations.

Legacy

I, Claudius is frequently cited as one of the best British television shows and one of the best shows in history.[10] In 2007, it was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME",[11] and placed at #9 on BBC America's poll of the 10 best British dramas of all time.[12] In 2016, it was ranked #8 out of 11 on The Daily Telegraph's list of groundbreaking British TV moments.[13]

Contemporary critics are unanimous in their praise for the quality of the screenplay and the actors' performances, particularly those of Siân Phillips and Derek Jacobi.[14][15] The Daily Telegraph opined that the "...lust for power, devious plotting and mesmerising machinations" displayed in the show foreshadowed later series like The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, and House of Cards.[16] The creators of the hit 1980s soap opera, Dynasty, acknowledged that they were seeking to make a modern-day version of I, Claudius.[14] Jace Lacob of The Daily Beast compared the character of Livia Soprano to the character of the same name in I, Claudius, saying that "... there is a whiff of familiarity about his Livia, as though the ghost of Phillips’ ancient Roman empress had echoed through millennia to rain chaos upon yet another dynastic clan."[10]

In 2012, Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times credited I, Claudius with transforming the quality of television drama:

With its complex characters and multi-toned narrative, not to mention the high quality of writing, performance and direction, I, Claudius established a timeline that would eventually include the rise of HBO and all its cable competitors. This in turn expanded the palette and quality of network drama and, most recently, persuaded AMC executives to begin original programming.[17]

However, criticism is sometimes leveled at the series over its outdated appearance and relatively poor production quality compared to modern TV drama,[18] with Charlotte Higgins of The Guardian writing that "it's hard to suppress a giggle in the opening scene at Derek Jacobi's make-up and stringy wig."[15]

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ Happy Birthday BBC 2, BBC 2 16 April 2014
  2. ^ Last, Richard (17 March 1977). "I, Claudius and the Jinx". The Statesman.
  3. ^ Brown, Les (6 November 1977). "TV's 'I, Claudius' Will Test the Boundaries Of Public Broadcasting". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  4. ^ "The Great I, Claudius Mystery | www.missing-episodes.com". missingepisodes.proboards.com. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  5. ^ "The Sunday Post: I, Claudius". BBC. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Thomas Vinciguerra (23 November 2012). "Imperial Rome Writ Large and Perverse". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  7. ^ "HTF DVD Review: I, Claudius The Epic That Never Was". Home Theater Forum.
  8. ^ "I, Claudius (35th Anniversary Edition)". amazon.com.
  9. ^ British Broadcasting Corporation (1977). BBC Handbook 1977: Incorporating the Annual Report and Accounts 1975–76. London: British Broadcasting Corporation. p. 47.
  10. ^ a b Jace Lacob (3 July 2012). "PBS' 'I, Claudius' Still Captivates With its Taut Drama". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  11. ^ Poniewozik, James (6 September 2007). . Time. Time.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2013.   See I, Claudius
  12. ^ David Wicks (2011). "Readers Have Their Say: The 10 Greatest British TV Dramas of All-Time". BBCAmerica.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Lesbian kisses, nudity and sex: groundbreaking British TV moments". The Daily Telegraph. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  14. ^ a b David Bianculi (25 April 2012). "I, David Bianculi, Highly Recommend 'I, Claudius'". npr.org. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  15. ^ a b Charlotte Higgins (24 February 2010). "TV Club: I, Claudius". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  16. ^ Charlotte Runcie (23 July 2015). "Is I, Claudius better than Game of Thrones?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  17. ^ Mary McNamara (6 May 2012). "Critic's Notebook: 'I, Claudius' left its bloody, sinister mark on TV drama". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  18. ^ Stubbs, David (13 June 2011). "Why I, Claudius should be remade". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

External links

 
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I Claudius stylized 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 Sian 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 I ClaudiusGenreHistorical dramaCreated byMartin LisemoreJoan SullivanHerbert WiseJack PulmanBased onI Claudius andClaudius the Godby Robert GravesWritten byJack PulmanDirected byHerbert WiseStarringDerek Jacobi Sian Phillips Brian Blessed George Baker John HurtCountry of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo of episodes12 list of episodes ProductionProducerMartin LisemoreRunning time50 minutes per episodeProduction companyBBC London FilmsReleaseOriginal networkBBC2Original release20 September 1976 09 20 6 December 1976 1976 12 06 Among many other productions and adaptations Graves Claudius novels have also been adapted for BBC Radio 4 broadcast 2010 and for the stage 1972 Contents 1 Plot summary and episodes 2 Cast 3 Production 3 1 Music 4 Home media 5 Awards and reception 5 1 United Kingdom 5 2 United States 6 Legacy 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksPlot summary and episodes EditMain article List of I Claudius episodes I Claudius follows the history of the early Roman Empire narrated by the elderly Roman Emperor Claudius from the year 24 BC to his death in AD 54 The series opens with Augustus the first Emperor of Rome attempting to find an heir and his wife Livia plotting to elevate her own son Tiberius to this position An expert poisoner Livia uses the covert assassination and betrayal of all rivals to achieve her aims beginning with the death in 22 BC of Marcellus The plotting double crossing and murder continue for many decades through the reign of Tiberius the political conspiracy of his Praetorian Prefect Sejanus and the depraved rule of the lunatic emperor Caligula culminating in the accidental rise to power of his uncle Claudius Claudius enlightened reign is marred by the betrayals of his adulterous wife Messalina and his boyhood friend Herod Agrippa Eventually Claudius comes to accept the inevitability of his own assassination and consents to marrying his scheming niece Agrippina the Younger clearing the way for the ascent of his mad stepson Nero whose disastrous reign Claudius vainly hopes will bring about the restoration of the Roman Republic Cast EditDerek Jacobi as Claudius Ashley Knight as Young Claudius Sian Phillips as Livia George Baker as Tiberius John Hurt as Caligula Robert Morgan as Young Caligula Brian Blessed as Augustus Patrick Stewart as Sejanus Margaret Tyzack as Antonia Amanda Kirby as Young Antonia Patricia Quinn as Livilla Katharine Levy as Young Livilla John Paul as Marcus Agrippa Sheila White as Messalina Christopher Biggins as Nero Ian Ogilvy as Nero Claudius Drusus David Robb as Germanicus Gary Lock as Young Germanicus John Castle as Postumus Alister Kerr as Young Postumus Fiona Walker as Agrippina Diana Hutchinson as Young Agrippina Frances White as Julia James Faulkner as Herod Agrippa Michael Clements as Young Herod Kevin McNally as Castor John Rhys Davies as Naevius Sutorius Macro Christopher Guard as Marcus Claudius Marcellus Stratford Johns as Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso Bernard Hepton as Marcus Antonius Pallas John Cater as Tiberius Claudius Narcissus Barbara Young as Agrippinilla Beth Morris as Drusilla Simon MacCorkindale as Lucius Caesar Russell Lewis as Young Lucius Sheila Ruskin as Vipsania Agrippina Angela Morant as Octavia the Younger Graham Seed as Britannicus Jo Rowbottom as Calpurnia Lyndon Brook as Appius Junius Silanus Sam Dastor as Cassius Chaerea Kevin Stoney as Thrasyllus of Mendes Freda Dowie as Milonia Caesonia amp Sibyl Irene Hamilton as Munatia Plancina Darien Angadi as Gaius Plautius Silanus Peter Bowles as Caratacus Norman Eshley as Marcus Vinicius John Bennett as Gaius Stertinius Xenophon Patsy Byrne as Martina Douglas Melbourne as Tiberius Gemellus Karin Foley as Helen Earl Rhodes as Gaius Caesar Richard Hunter as Drusus Caesar Cheryl Johnson as Claudia Octavia Isabel Dean as Lollia Liane Aukin as Aelia Paetina Moira Redmond as Domitia Lepida the Younger Bernard Hill as Gratus Norman Rossington as Sergeant of the Guard Lockwood West as Senator Nicholas Amer as Mnester Renu Setna as Antonius Musa Jennifer Croxton as Plautia Urgulanilla Charles Kay as Gaius Asinius Gallus Donald Eccles as Gaius Asinius Pollio Denis Carey as Livy John Truscott as Librarian Norman Shelley as Horace Carleton Hobbs as Aristarchus Guy Siner as Pylades Edward Jewesbury as Titus Aubrey Richards as Lucius Visellius Varo Roy Purcell as Publius Vitellius the Younger Jonathan Burn as Paullus Fabius Maximus Esmond Knight as Domitus Jon Laurimore as Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus Bruce Purchase as Gaius Sabinus James Fagan as Asprenas and Julia s lover Geoffrey Hinsliff as Rufrius George Little as Tortius Neal Arden as Cestius Sally Bazely as Poppea Jan Carey as Diana Peter Williams as Gaius Silius Caecina Anne Dyson as Briseis George Pravda as Gershom Stuart Wilson as Gaius Silius Charlotte Howard as Scylla Manning Wilson as Gaius Vibius Marsus George Innes as Quintus Justus Linal Haft as Lucius Lusius Geta Kate Lansbury as Apicata Roger Bisley as Aulus Plautius and Senator Tony Haygarth as Claudius Slave George Howe as Senator Pat Gorman as Captain of the Guard Neil Dickson as Guard Nick Willatt as CourierProduction EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources I Claudius TV series news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message The series was produced by Joan Sullivan and Martin Lisemore and directed by Herbert Wise Production was delayed because of complex negotiations between the BBC and the copyright holders of Alexander Korda s aborted 1937 film version This did however give the scriptwriter Jack Pulman more time to fine tune his script The series was shot on videotape in the studios at BBC Television Centre for artistic rather than budgetary reasons 1 I Claudius was made at a relatively low cost of 60 000 for an hour of broadcast material 459 000 in 2021 in a series that had a total running time of 650 minutes 2 As alluded to in the 2002 documentary I Claudius A Television Epic the original version of episode 8 Zeus by Jove included a closing shot after Caligula has cut the fetus from Drusilla s womb which was considered very shocking It was therefore re edited several times even on the day of its premiere by order of Bill Slater then head of Serials Department After initial broadcast and a rerun two days later the scene was edited again so that the episode is now somewhat attenuated The slightly nastier version of the episode s closing a scene that used makeup on her belly was allegedly shown twice in 1976 but is now lost since the BBC no longer has a copy of it Pulman noted that the original script for the episode ended with a long shot showing the butchered woman hanging on a chariot 3 4 5 The 2002 documentary which features extensive interviews with all the principal cast members revealed many previously unknown facts about the casting and development of the series among them being Derek Jacobi was well down the list of those considered to play Claudius Among those considered for or offered the part before him were American film star Charlton Heston and British actor comedian Ronnie Barker Jacobi explained that he secured the role only after another prominent unnamed British actor who had taken the part proved to be unsuitable and had to be replaced at short notice Brian Blessed originally auditioned for the role of Tiberius but was eventually persuaded to play Augustus instead He recounted some of director Herbert Wise s key pieces of advice on how to play Augustus Wise told Blessed that he should be as you are full of flannel and that he should always play Augustus as an ordinary person because the reactions of those around him would make him the Emperor John Hurt said that he declined the role of Caligula when it was first offered to him Because of the time span of the production the fact that Derek Jacobi would be the only actor to appear in every episode and the subsequent commitments of the other actors it was decided that rather than the customary wrap party at the end of the series there would be a special pre production party instead to give the entire cast and crew the chance to meet Hurt explained that series director Herbert Wise deliberately invited him to attend the party hoping he would reconsider and that he was so impressed on meeting the cast and crew that he immediately reversed his decision and took the part Sian Phillips has spoken about her initial struggle to perform the character of Livia because she focused more on making the character sympathetic and justifying her motives rather than playing her as straightforwardly evil I wasn t achieving anything much I knew it and they knew it They would stand there and look faintly worried 6 Eventually Herbert Wise told her not to be afraid of playing her camp saying to Just be evil The more evil you are the funnier it is and the more terrifying it is 6 Music Edit Wilfred Josephs wrote the title music David Wulstan and the Clerkes of Oxenford ensemble provided the diegetic music for most episodes Home media Edit Cover of the US release of the first I Claudius DVD There has since been a remastered edition with a different cover Most VHS and DVD versions of the TV series include the BBC documentary The Epic That Never Was 1965 about the uncompleted Korda film version of the first book featuring interviews with key production staff and actors as well as most of the surviving footage The 2002 UK DVD edition also contains a documentary on the series I Claudius a Television Epic as well as some alternative and deleted scenes The US DVD release was updated on 2 December 2008 with superior audio and video to the 2000 US DVD version but it was met with hostile reviews from some customers citing that some parts were either cut or censored from the original version and no subtitles or closed captioning was included 7 A 35th anniversary edition was released on 27 March 2012 It includes all 13 episodes uncut except for the lost footage in Zeus by Jove on four discs with SDH subtitles and one disc of bonus features 8 Awards and reception EditUnited Kingdom Edit The initial reception of the show in the UK was negative with The Guardian commenting sarcastically in its first review that there should be a society for the prevention of cruelty to actors 6 However the series went on to become a huge success with audiences During its original airing in 1976 the BBC estimated that I Claudius had an average audience of 2 5 million viewers per episode based on rating surveys 9 Among other awards the series won three BAFTAs in 1977 Derek Jacobi Best Actor TV Sian Phillips Best Actress TV Tim Harvey Best Design TV Director Herbert Wise won Outstanding Contribution Award at BAFTAs in 1978 In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000 voted for by industry professionals I Claudius placed 12th United States Edit The series was subsequently broadcast in the United States as part of PBS s Masterpiece Theatre series where it received critical acclaim Tim Harvey won a 1978 Emmy for Outstanding Art Direction The producers and director received Emmy nominations Legacy EditI Claudius is frequently cited as one of the best British television shows and one of the best shows in history 10 In 2007 it was listed as one of Time magazine s 100 Best TV Shows of All TIME 11 and placed at 9 on BBC America s poll of the 10 best British dramas of all time 12 In 2016 it was ranked 8 out of 11 on The Daily Telegraph s list of groundbreaking British TV moments 13 Contemporary critics are unanimous in their praise for the quality of the screenplay and the actors performances particularly those of Sian Phillips and Derek Jacobi 14 15 The Daily Telegraph opined that the lust for power devious plotting and mesmerising machinations displayed in the show foreshadowed later series like The Sopranos Game of Thrones and House of Cards 16 The creators of the hit 1980s soap opera Dynasty acknowledged that they were seeking to make a modern day version of I Claudius 14 Jace Lacob of The Daily Beast compared the character of Livia Soprano to the character of the same name in I Claudius saying that there is a whiff of familiarity about his Livia as though the ghost of Phillips ancient Roman empress had echoed through millennia to rain chaos upon yet another dynastic clan 10 In 2012 Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times credited I Claudius with transforming the quality of television drama With its complex characters and multi toned narrative not to mention the high quality of writing performance and direction I Claudius established a timeline that would eventually include the rise of HBO and all its cable competitors This in turn expanded the palette and quality of network drama and most recently persuaded AMC executives to begin original programming 17 However criticism is sometimes leveled at the series over its outdated appearance and relatively poor production quality compared to modern TV drama 18 with Charlotte Higgins of The Guardian writing that it s hard to suppress a giggle in the opening scene at Derek Jacobi s make up and stringy wig 15 See also EditClaudius Julio Claudian dynastyNotes EditReferences Edit Happy Birthday BBC 2 BBC 2 16 April 2014 Last Richard 17 March 1977 I Claudius and the Jinx The Statesman Brown Les 6 November 1977 TV s I Claudius Will Test the Boundaries Of Public Broadcasting The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 7 April 2022 The Great I Claudius Mystery www missing episodes com missingepisodes proboards com Retrieved 7 April 2022 The Sunday Post I Claudius BBC 25 September 2016 Retrieved 7 April 2022 a b c Thomas Vinciguerra 23 November 2012 Imperial Rome Writ Large and Perverse The New York Times Retrieved 18 October 2017 HTF DVD Review I Claudius The Epic That Never Was Home Theater Forum I Claudius 35th Anniversary Edition amazon com British Broadcasting Corporation 1977 BBC Handbook 1977 Incorporating the Annual Report and Accounts 1975 76 London British Broadcasting Corporation p 47 a b Jace Lacob 3 July 2012 PBS I Claudius Still Captivates With its Taut Drama The Daily Beast Retrieved 18 October 2017 Poniewozik James 6 September 2007 The 100 Best TV Shows of All TIME Time Time com Archived from the original on 19 October 2011 Retrieved 8 April 2013 See I Claudius David Wicks 2011 Readers Have Their Say The 10 Greatest British TV Dramas of All Time BBCAmerica com Retrieved 18 October 2017 Lesbian kisses nudity and sex groundbreaking British TV moments The Daily Telegraph 17 June 2016 Retrieved 23 December 2017 a b David Bianculi 25 April 2012 I David Bianculi Highly Recommend I Claudius npr org Retrieved 18 October 2017 a b Charlotte Higgins 24 February 2010 TV Club I Claudius The Guardian Retrieved 18 October 2017 Charlotte Runcie 23 July 2015 Is I Claudius better than Game of Thrones The Daily Telegraph Retrieved 18 October 2017 Mary McNamara 6 May 2012 Critic s Notebook I Claudius left its bloody sinister mark on TV drama Los Angeles Times Retrieved 3 June 2018 Stubbs David 13 June 2011 Why I Claudius should be remade The Guardian Retrieved 18 October 2017 External links Edit Wikiquote has quotations related to I Claudius TV series I Claudius at BBC Online I Claudius at IMDb I 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