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The Caesars (1968)

First aired September 22, 196855m/ep1 season · 6 epsEnded
7.8

5 votes

DramaWar & Politics

Overview

The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1968. Made in black-and-white and written and produced by Philip Mackie, it covered similar dramatic territory to the later BBC adaptation of I, Claudius, dealing with the lives of the early emperors of Ancient Rome, but differed in its less sensationalist depictions of historical characters and their motives.

Created By

Philip Mackie

Top Billed Cast

Freddie Jones

Freddie Jones

Claudius

Seasons

Status

Ended

Language

English

Type

Miniseries

Last Air Date

October 27, 1968

Networks

ITV1

Production

Granada Television InternationalGranada Television

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7.0

I've just seen this on DVD and it is a superb telling of the early days of the Roman Empire. We arrive at the conclusion of the reign of Augustus and focus on the rules of Tiberius (André Morell) and of his insane megalomanic nephew Caligula (Ralph Bates). Sonia Dresdel is suitably imperious as Augustus' wife Livia and Freddie Jones stands out too, as the supposed halfwit Claudius. I think it rather pointless comparing this series (6 hours & monochrome) with the later adaptation of Robert Graves' "I Claudius" books by the BBC (12 hours & colour) that covers a similar territory, but this is cer…

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