You may have seen I, Claudius airing on a local PBS station during a pledge drive.¿ You may have been momentarily interested by a brief flash of nudity or a sword in ...

Thirty-five years ago, PBS captivated audiences with the blood-and-sex-laden ancient-Roman soap I Claudius, which is still influential. A new DVD version comes out Tuesday. In a new and occasional ...

When I, Claudius aired in 1976, it redefined historical drama. BBC’s low-budget masterpiece brought the decadence, intrigue, and cruelty of ancient Rome to vivid life through sharp writing and ...

Rome and its emperors are with us still. What are the “Hunger Games” but a modern version of the gladiator fights-to-the-death with which the emperors pacified unruly citizens? If television had ...

In 1934, English poet and historian Robert Graves electrified the literary world with his novel I, Claudius, which along with its 1935 sequel Claudius The God told the story of nearly 100 years of the ...

Next week, TV Club will be watching Alan Bleasdale's GBH, guided by John Crace. Join us for discussion on Wednesday March 3 - only a week away, but that's because you can watch the series easily on ...

SINISTER MUSIC plays and a viper slithers across a Roman mosaic. It’s the opening credits of “I, Claudius,” a historical series of the Roman Empire based on the novels by Robert Graves. Uneasy lays ...

The news that HBO is planning a mini-series in conjunction with the BBC based on Robert Graves's I, Claudius novels will provoke a gamut of responses. Some, with fond memories of 1976 and the BBC ...

All of this means we are in a golden age of television, as I pompously inform my parents whenever they persuade me to leave the sofa. I have to binge watch all of these shows, I say. What if I go to a ...

It’s been more than 31/2 politically and culturally eventful decades since the BBC debuted “I, Claudius,” the now iconic political drama set in ancient Rome that shocked and amazed audiences, first in ...