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Granada Television Production
(Manchester Studios, England)
for
the ITV Network [UK]
(Saturdays - Split Network - some stations aired Sundays)
6x60m-e / 1968 22 September - 27 October
60 min bw tape
Writer/Producer: Philip Mackie
Cast:
ROLAND CULVER .... Augustus
ERIC FLYNN .......... Germanicus
ANDRE MORELL .... Tiberius
BARRIE INGHAM .... Sedanus
RALPH BATES ...... Caligula
FREDDIE JONES .... Claudius
SONIA DRESDEL .... Livia
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######### The Caesars ########
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[01] The Caesars: AUGUSTUS
21Sep68 Sat / 22Sep68 Sun ITV
[02] The Caesars: GERMANICUS
28Sep68 ITV
[03] The Caesars: TIBERIUS
05Oct68 ITV
[04] The Caesars: SEJANUS
12Oct68 ITV
[05] The Caesars: CALIGULA
19Oct68 ITV
[--] 26Oct68 - no details
[06] The Caesars: CLAUDIUS (final
episode)
02Nov68 ITV
repeated 30Dec85 Channel 4 [UK] as part of
their celebration of 30 yrs of Granada TV (1956-86)
Executive Producer Philip Mackie
Teleplay by Philip Mackie
Directed by Derek Bennett
Cast:
Freddie Jones ........ Claudius
Ralph Bates .......... Caligula
Barbara Murray ....... Caesonia
Nicoloa Pagett ....... Messalina
Gerald Harper ........ Lucius Vitellius
John Paul ............ Cassius Chaerea
John Normington ...... Callistus
Mark Hawkins ......... Minester
Douglas Blackwell .... Cornelius Sabinus
Synopsis:
In this episode of the classic award-winning series
about
imperial Rome, Caligula has declared himself a god,
and daily his
behavior grows more outrageous. The lives of most of
his
entourage hang by a thread, including that of his
uncle, Claudius.
Meanwhile, the plots multiply ...
