I CLAUDIUS/THE EPIC THAT NEVER WAS

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• Release Year: 1976
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Roman history comes alive in this magnificent 13-part series. I, Claudius ranks among the most acclaimed productions in television history. Tracing the lives of the last of the Roman emperors, it's an epic of ruthless ambition, shocking debauchery and murderous intrigue set in one of history's most fascinating eras. Bearing witness to the saga is Claudius, whose stutter and limp have marked him a fool - yet whom prophesies have foretold will one day rule Rome.; ; ; This collector's edition set includes a unique documentary feature, The Epic That Never Was (1965, 71 min.), a remarkable behind-the-scenes look at Alexander Korda's ill-fated 1937 screen adaptation of I, Claudius. Starring Merle Oberon and Charles Laughton, the chronicle of this uncompleted masterpieces is an unforgettable coda to one of the greatest stories ever told. ;
• Cast: Derek Jacobi; George Baker; Margaret Tyzack; Dame Siân Phillips; Brian Blessed; James Faulkner; John Hurt; Patricia Quinn; Patrick Stewart; Fiona Walker; Kevin McNally; Bernard Hepton; Sheila White; John Cater; Frances White; David Robb; Freda Dowie; Roger Bizley; Kevin Stoney; Alan Thompson; James Fagan; Jo Rowbottom; Ian Ogilvy; Moira Redmond; Sam Dastor; Norman Eshley; John Castle; Anne Dyson; John Rhys-Davies; Sheila Ruskin; Lockwood West; Renu Setna; Bernard Hill; Michael Segal; Karin Foley; Souad Faress; Tony Haygarth; Russell Lewis; Earl Rhodes; William Bond; Anni Domingo; Patrick Drury; Ronald Markham; Yvonne Patterson; Paul Sherman; John Scott Martin; Andrew Manson; Beth Morris; Barbara Young; Christopher Biggins; Stratford Johns; Lyndon Brook; Irene Hamilton; Graham Seed; Peter Bowles; Isabel Dean; Simon MacCorkindale; Stuart Wilson; Nicholas Amer; Darien Angadi; Liane Aukin; George Howe; Jon Laurimore; John Paul; John Bennett; Carol Gillies; Christopher Guard; Charles Kay; Ashley Knight; Manning Wilson; Jonathan Burn; George Innes; Angela Morant; Bruce Purchase; Norman Shelley; James Bree; Geoffrey Hinsliff; Cheryl Johnson; Kate Lansbury; Katharine Levy; Arthur Whybrow; Michael Clements; John Drake; John Franklyn-Robbins; Carleton Hobbs; Charlotte Howard; Edward Jewesbury; Douglas Melbourne; Roy Purcell; Norman Rossington; Graham Rowe; Patsy Byrne; Donald Eccles; John Evitts; Linal Haft; Michael Hawkins; Esmond Knight; George Little; Aubrey Richards; Alan Tucker; Neal Arden; Sally Bazely; Denis Carey; George Pravda; Robert Bateman; Robert Morgan; Danny Schiller; John Truscott; Peter Williams; Glenn Cunningham; Norman Ettlinger; Peter Harwood; Katherine Hughes; Diana Hutchinson; Chris Lethbridge-Baker; Gina Manicom; Guy Siner; Jan Carey; David Davenport; Alfonso Di Lieto; Terry Francis; Gary Lock; Guy Slater; Richard Aylen; Vivien Clifford; Neil Dickson; Amanda Kemp; Alister Kerr; Stan McGowan; Julian Armstrong; Jennifer Croxton; Amanda Kirby; Richard Lindfield; Roy Stewart; Michael Stock; Pat Gorman; Nicholas Willatt; Kim Begley; John Burgess; Richard Hunter; Peter Benedict; John Beardmore; Sheridan Earl Russell; Jeremy Wallis; Ronnie Grainge; Herbert Wise; Robert Graves; Jack Pulman
• Director: Herbert Wise
• Runtime: 9:24
• Company: Image Entertainment
• Media Format: Series