HBO and BBC2 to take on I, Claudius

parthianbow · Post by **parthianbow** » Tue June 14th, 2011, 10:05 pm

Argghh - I still haven't finished watching the original TV series. I'd better get on with it, or I'll never see it. I have every faith that HBO will make a good fist of it - look at Rome, The Sopranos, The Pacific, Band of Brothers etc. etc. etc.

Have they ever made a turkey of a series? (I don't know, just asking.)

Telynor · Post by **Telynor** » Wed June 15th, 2011, 5:02 am

I love that original series of I, Claudius; the casting of that was brilliant, and I can't forget Patrick Stewart as Sejanus. Or Brian Blessed. Or Sian Phillips who was fantastic as Livia. I guess I will wait until it's on DVD to watch it, as we don't have HBO. Part of me is really torn in case it turns out to be not so good.

SGM · Post by **SGM** » Wed June 15th, 2011, 7:36 pm

[quote=""Telynor""]and I can't forget Patrick Stewart as Sejanus[/quote]

I hadn't remembered that. The first time I remember noticing him was as Karla in Tinker Tailor. Weirdly, I remember Ian Ogilvy as Drusus and was reminded about him again because they were showing The Witchfinder General on TV again.