I, Claudius - 8 - Zeus, By Jove!

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I Claudius Zeus By Jove! Derek Jacobi John Hurt John Rhys-Davies George Baker

I, Claudius is a 1976 BBC Television adaptation of Robert Graves' I, Claudius and Claudius the God. Written by Jack Pulman, it was one of the corporation's most successful drama serials of all time.
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I, Claudius - 8 - Zeus, By Jove!
Rome, AD 37–38. Tiberius dies (smothered to death by Macro with Caligula's connivance), leaving Caligula and Gemellus as his joint heirs. Claudius' life-long friend Herod has returned to Rome in time for Caligula's ascension. Caligula chooses Claudius to be his co-Consul, over Claudius' objections.

Cast:
Derek Jacobi – Claudius
George Baker – Tiberius
John Hurt – Caligula
Margaret Tyzack – Antonia
Beth Morris – Drusilla
James Faulkner – Herod Agrippa
John Rhys-Davies – Naevius Sutorius Macro

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