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Oct 16, 2018 · #1. Maybe some of historians can tell me how accurate is this series? Matthew Amt. Joined Jan 2015. 4,568 Posts | 2,411+. MD, USA. Oct 16, 2018. #2. Well, it's *fiction*. Much of it is based on Suetonius and other Roman authors, and some parts are surprisingly accurate in that regard.
Yet the re-showing by the BBC of its greatest-ever television series, I Claudius, later this month, should by rights be the broadcast sensation of the year.
Jan 17, 2018 · With a modest budget that (adjusted for inflation) equates to half the average budget of a single episode of Game of Thrones, and only mustering twelve episodes in total, I, Claudius may appear to be like an unlikely contender for the title of greatest TV series of all time at first glance.
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Apr 7, 2023 · The TV series was based on two novels by the British writer Robert Graves (1895-1985): I Claudius and Claudius The God. Today it’s almost universally recognised as one of the best historical TV dramas of all time. But back in 1976, the BBC came under fire from critics who intensely disliked the series.
And unlike US tv at the time, UK television tended to be shaped by a single writer for a shorter-run series (e.g., John Mortimer and Rumpole of the Bailey, or Jack Pulman writing all of I, Claudius). The standard season length was 13 episodes, usually broadcast in two blocks of about 6 or 7 episodes each. IOW, what streaming shows are doing today.
I, Claudius: With Derek Jacobi, George Baker, Margaret Tyzack, Siân Phillips. The personal and governmental affairs of the Julio-Claudian dynasty at the beginning of the Roman Empire, as recalled by one of its rulers.
Aug 8, 2023 · Naturally, there will be smartypantses making fun of the make-up; the emperors’ hair will probably get a social media following of its own. Yet the re-showing by the BBC of its greatest-ever...
