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Episode 5: Nero

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Christopher Biggins champions the life of the Roman Emperor Nero.

4 Extra Debut. Actor Christopher Biggins nominates the Roman Emperor. With Matthew Parris and Nero scholar Dr Miriam Griffin. From January 2010.

Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

Christopher Biggins champions the life of the Roman Emperor Nero, a man whose modest talent for poetry was overshadowed by his debauchery, extravagance and tyranny.

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