I, Claudius (1976)

Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out.

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.

Created by

Martin Lisemore, Herbert Wise, Jack Pulman

Themes1st centuryambitionancient romebased on novel or bookbetrayalbiographycaligulacostume dramadark comedyemperor