I, Claudius - Season 1
Run Time: 55 mins
Air Date: Mon, 20 Sept 1976
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.8 (124 votes)
BBC Two12 Episodes
A Touch of Murder
Season 1 - Episode 1
Livia, the scheming wife of Augustus, seeks to disinherit her husband's grand-children in favour of her own son Tiberius.
Waiting in the Wings
Season 1 - Episode 2
Livia, wife of Emperor Augustus plots against his daughter Julia and manages to convince him to bring her son Tiberius back from exile.
What Shall We Do About Claudius?
Season 1 - Episode 3
Livia has engineered the downfall of Julia, who has been banished. Tiberius is recalled to Rome and is joint heir with Postumus. Poor stumbl...
Poison is Queen
Season 1 - Episode 4
The Imperial Army on the Rhine has been wiped out and Tiberius sent to avenge the defeat, followed later by Germanicus. Livia has discredite...
Some Justice
Season 1 - Episode 5
As Augustus learned of Livia's plot against Postumus, she took action which resulted in Tiberius becoming emperor. The situation in the East...
Queen of Heaven
Season 1 - Episode 6
Germanicus has been murdered in Antioch and his wife Agrippina is convinced Tiberius ordered the killing. Livia has discovered that Caligula...
Reign of Terror
Season 1 - Episode 7
With Tiberius retired to Capri, Sejanus plans to tighten his grip on Rome and divorces his wife so he can marry Livilla. But he also has pow...
Zeus, By Jove!
Season 1 - Episode 8
Claudius has high hopes of a return to a Republic when Caligula insanely proclaims himself a god and his sister a goddess... but Rome offici...
Hail Who?
Season 1 - Episode 9
Caligula's erratic behaviour continues, as he makes his horse a senator and turns the palace into a brothel. Many in the Praetorian Guard gr...
Fool's Luck
Season 1 - Episode 10
Claudius is happily married, while the mad Caligula has been assassinated. To his astonishment, Claudius has been proclaimed emperor by the ...
A God in Colchester
Season 1 - Episode 11
Claudius has ruled wisely for a year with the support of Messalina, whom he deeply loves. Convinced of her devotion, he is totally unaware t...
Old King Log
Season 1 - Episode 12
Almost at the end of his family history, Claudius' thoughts turn to the future of Rome.