I Claudius - Complete BBC Series (5 Disc Box Set) DVD

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play This box set features the series as originally broadcast--13 episodes of circa 50mins each I Claudius is a 1976 BBC Television adaptation of Robert Graves& I Claudius & Claudius the God Written by Jack Pulman it proved one of the corporation&s most successful drama serials of all time It starred Derek Jacobi as Claudius with Sin Phillips Brian Blessed John Hurt & Patrick Stewart I Claudius follows the history of Rome narrated by the elderly Claudius from the death of Marcellus nephew & son-in-law of Augustus in the first episode to Claudius& own death in the last The series opens with Augustus the emperor of Rome attempting to find an heir & his wife Livia plotting to elevate her own son Tiberius to this position The plotting & double-crossing continue for many decades through the conspiracy of Sejanus & the rule of the lunatic emperor Caligula culminating in Claudius& seemingly accidental rise to power Special Features 70-minute documentary about the TV show 70-minute documentary about an abandoned 1937 film version 4 & a half minutes of alternative scenes