Naturally, there will be smartypantses making fun of the make-up; the emperors’ hair will probably get a social media following of its own. Yet the re-showing by the BBC of its greatest-ever television series, I Claudius, later this month, should by rights be the broadcast sensation of the year.

Naturally, there will be smartypantses making fun of the make-up; the emperors’ hair will probably get a social media following of its own. Yet the re-showing by the BBC of its greatest-ever television series, I Claudius, later this month, should by rights be the broadcast sensation of the year.

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What this should also do is make the BBC re-examine its archive. It’s an Aladdin’s cave there, only a fraction of which is on iPlayer. I rarely watch current TV; I pay the licence fee for the archive. And I want lots more of it. Meanwhile, here’s to a 12-part shocker. Hail Caesar!

  • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Great series, great books. I’m currently reading Count Belisarius, also written by Robert Graves. I would love that one turned into a modern series for sure.

    Note: Count Belisarius is not nearly as popular as I Claudius and is nearly a hundred years old, so it took me years to get my hands on a copy.