I shall always remember the year of 1976 in that it was when Roman history came alive on my televsion with the BBC production of "I, Claudius". I was raised with history in my veins in that my father was a professor of history at Bratislava's Comenius University in our native Slovakia.
Fortunately my childhood was filled with people, dates and places of the past. The history of Rome was a part of that process, but "I, Claudius" made it real. It traced the lives of the last of the Roman emperors, in an epic of ruthless ambition, shocking debauchery and murderous intrigue set in one of history's most fascinating eras. Bearing witness to the saga is Claudius, whose stutter and limp have marked him a fool--yet whom prophecies foretold that he would one day rule Rome. Staring Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker, and John Hurt.
I, Cladius [in 3 parts]
General review and interviews to the cast and crew of the legendary series "I, Claudius" (1976), BBC.
I, Claudius
Interviews with the cast and crew. In eight parts
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