I, Claudius. Episode 1.1 of 12. A Touch of Murder.

A 1976 television adaptation of Robert Graves' novels I, Claudius (1934) and Claudius the God (1935).

First broadcast 20th September 1976.

'I, Claudius am now about to write this strange history...'
His history is of Rome and starts during the Emperorship of Augustus. Augustus rules Rome and therefore the world, but his wife, Livia, rules him.

Claudius: Derek Jacobi
The Sybil: Freda Dowie
Augustus, Emperor of Rome: Brian Blessed
Thallus: David Davenport
Marcellus, Augustus's son-in-law: Christopher Guard
Agrippa: John Paul
Julia, Augustus's daughter: Frances White
Livia, Augustus's second wife: Sian Phillips
Tiberius, Livia's son: George Baker
Octavia, Augustus's sister: Angela Morant
Vipsania, Tiberius's first wife: Sheila Ruskin
Aristarchus: Carleton Hobbs
Pylades: Guy Siner
Antonia (as a child): Amanda Kirby
Musa: Renu Setna
Slave: Sheridan Earl Russell
Drusus, Livia's second son: Ian Ogilvy
Antonia, Octavia's daughter: Margaret Tyzack
Masseuse: Anni Domingo
Masseuse: Yvonne Patterson
Gaius: Earl Rhodes
Lucius: Russell Lewis
Slave: Paul Sherman
Senator: Roger Bizley
Courier: Patrick Drury
Rufus: Michael Hawkins
Guardsman: Andrew Manson
Claudius's slave: Tony Haygarth