I, Claudius (TV series)

I, Claudius
Genre	Historical drama
Created by	Martin Lisemore Joan Sullivan Herbert Wise Jack Pulman
Based on	I, Claudius and Claudius the God by Robert Graves
Written by	Jack Pulman
Directed by	Herbert Wise
Starring	Derek Jacobi Siân Phillips Brian Blessed George Baker John Hurt
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	12 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer	Martin Lisemore
Running time	50+ minutes per episode
Production company	BBC/London Films
Original release
Network	BBC2
Release	20 September (1976-09-20) – 6 December 1976 (1976-12-06)
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I, Claudius (stylized as I·CLAVDIVS) is a 1976 BBC Television adaptation of Robert Graves' 1934 novel I, Claudius and its 1935 sequel Claudius the God. Written by Jack Pulman, it stars Derek Jacobi as Claudius, with Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker, Margaret Tyzack, John Hurt, Patricia Quinn, Ian Ogilvy, Kevin McNally, Patrick Stewart and John Rhys-Davies. The series covers the history of the early Roman Empire, told from the perspective of the elderly Emperor Claudius who narrates the series.

Among many other productions and adaptations, Graves' Claudius novels have also been adapted for BBC Radio 4 broadcast (2010) and for the stage (1972).