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Classic Serial: I, Claudius

Classic Serial: I, Claudius: Episode 2: Tiberius

Tiberius

Episode 2

Episode 2: Tiberius

I, Claudius

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, I, Claudius, Tiberius

Claudius learns his grandmother Livia's true ambition.

Robin Brooks' dramatisation of Robert Graves' histories of Roman political vice. Growing up amid the intrigues of the Imperial family, Claudius learns Livia's true ambition.

Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of Robert Graves' classic Roman histories.

Growing up amid the intrigues of the Imperial family, Claudius learns his grandmother Livia's true ambition - and finds himself and his brother Germanicus in danger.

Claudius ..... Tom Goodman-Hill
Augustus ..... Derek Jacobi
Livia ..... Harriet Walter
Tiberius ..... Tim McInnerny
Pollio ..... Trevor Peacock
Germanicus ..... Joseph Kloska
Agrippina ..... Hattie Morahan
Sejanus ..... Sam Dale
Herod Agrippa ..... Zubin Varla
Postumus ..... Henry Devas
Livilla ..... Leah Brotherhead
Cassius Chaerea ..... Jude Akuwudike
Pomponius ..... Sean Baker
Antonia ..... Christine Kavanagh
Castor ..... Iain Batchelor
Piso ..... Tony Bell
Pallas ..... Lloyd Thomas
Young Caligula ..... James Warner

Specially composed music by David Pickvance.
Directed by Jonquil Panting.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Drama: Historical

Robin Brooks' dramatisation of Robert Graves' scandalous histories of Roman political vice

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