When I, Claudius aired in 1976, it redefined historical drama. BBC’s low-budget masterpiece brought the decadence, intrigue, and cruelty of ancient Rome to vivid life through sharp writing and ...

Livia has engineered the downfall of Julia, who has been banished. Tiberius is recalled to Rome and is joint heir with Postumus. Poor stumbling, stuttering Claudius finds a friend in Herod, king of ...

As the 1976 adaptation of I, Claudius concludes its run on BBC Four, Ben Lawrence suggests how the new HBO version can repeat its success. It has been announced that US TV network HBO has commissioned ...

HBO has signed a deal with BBC Two to remake the 1976 Emmy-winning miniseries I, Claudius. Based on a novel by Robert Graves of the same name, I, Claudius tells the story of the eponymous Roman ...

SINISTER MUSIC plays and a viper slithers across a Roman mosaic. It’s the opening credits of “I, Claudius,” a historical series of the Roman Empire based on the novels by Robert Graves. Uneasy lays ...

The news that HBO is planning a mini-series in conjunction with the BBC based on Robert Graves's I, Claudius novels will provoke a gamut of responses. Some, with fond memories of 1976 and the BBC ...

Relativity Media has picked up the rights to Robert Graves' classic Roman Empire-set novel "I, Claudius." Jim Sheridan will write the screenplay with longtime collaborator Nye Heron and direct as well ...

Herbert Wise, who has died aged 90, directed the landmark BBC Television historical drama I, Claudius (1976), an epic up-market soap opera set during the height of the Roman empire which featured ...

Consistently ranking on various 'greatest shows of all time' lists, I, Claudius is a 1976 BBC rendition of Robert Graves' identically titled 1934 novel and its 1935 follow-up, Claudius the God. With a ...

Lovers of period drama will want to know about this TV drama, which has been listed as the "greatest of all time". I, Claudius is a 1976 BBC Television adaptation of Robert Graves' 1934 novel I, ...

As John Hodgman went through his latest re-watch of I, Claudius, the rise of Caligula as Roman emperor felt as though it held up a mirror to modern-day American politics. "To explain how crazy he is, ...