 'I, Claudius' Monday 04 October 1976 - BBC2: 21:00 A cracking face-off between John Castle and Brian Blessed. 'I, Claudius' is still an absolute masterpiece of television after all these years. #IClaudius | Bernie Briffa | Facebook

"I, Claudius" was a British historical drama that aired in 1976, based on Robert Graves' novels about the Roman Empire from Augustus to Nero. The series followed the unlikely rise of Claudius, a stammering, limping scholar who survived the murderous intrigues of his own family to become Emperor of Rome, told through his memoirs as he reflected on the corruption, violence, and political machinations that defined the Julio-Claudian dynasty. The series was filmed entirely in television studios with