Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.

Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Margaret Tyzack, Brian Blessed, James Faulkner, Fiona Walker, Kevin McNally, Bernard Hepton, Sheila White, John Cater, Frances White, David Robb, Ian Ogilvy, John Paul, Christopher Biggins, John Rhys-Davies, John Hurt