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22/09/1968 Drama, War & Politics 0h 55m
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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.

Top billed cast

  1. André Morell

    Tiberius

  2. Sonia Dresdel

    Livia

  3. Charles Lloyd Pack

    Crispus

  4. Freddie Jones

    Claudius

  5. Barrie Ingham

    Sejanus

  6. Suzan Farmer

    Livilla

  7. William Corderoy

    Drusus

  8. Caroline Blakiston

    Agrippina

  9. Eric Flynn

    Germanicus

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Current Season

Season 1

 1968 | 6 Episodes

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-02-23
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 ce...read the rest
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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
The Caesars

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