Caesar!
First broadcast from 20030720 to 20070311. (* = BBC7).
by Mike Walker, drawn from Suetonius' Lives Of The Caesars.
15 episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Description |
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| 01 | 01 | Meeting At Formiae | 20030720 | 20030726, * 20080804, * 20080805 | Julius Caesar makes an undercover visit to Senate leaders Cicero and Cato. |
| 01 | 02 | The Arena | 20030727 | 20030802, * 20080805, * 20080806 | Octavian was just nineteen when Julius Caesar was killed. As Caesar's appointed heir, he had some formidable adversaries, including Mark Anthony, but his political skill was unparalleled. As Julius Caesar's appointed heir, young Octavian needed all of his renowned political skill to outwit his enemies and rule Rome. |
| 01 | 03 LAST | Peeling Figs For Julius | 20030803 | 20030809, * 20080806, * 20080807 | What would you do if you were king of the world and could have everything and anything you wanted? Gaius Caligula was - and he did. This is the story of Caligula's four year rule from his point of view - seeing things the way he saw them, trying to walk a path between paranoia and the flattery of those who intended to use his madness to further their own ends; trying to live up to the myth of his dead father Germanicus; trying to resist the absolute power that threatened to let loose absolute madness. Suetonius tells the story from the inside - Caligula not as monster but as victim and, in the end, claiming our sympathy as well as our horror. The story of Emperor Caligula, whose name has become a byword for depravity. Starring David Tennant. |
| 02 | 01 | The Best Of Mothers | 20050717 | 20050723, * 20080807, * 20080808, RptofSun3.00pm | In the first of three Mike Walker plays drawing on the Lives of the Caesars, he shows how the Emperor Nero was a thwarted artist who hated violence and was only brought down for transgressing the Roman code of gravitas. Nero....Jonathan Forbes Agrippina....Frances Barber Seneca....Stephen Boxer Petronius....Nicholas Boulton Poppea....Ndidi Ama Phaos....Jason Chan Anicetus....Christian Rodska Epaphroditus....Hugh Dickson Burrus....Stephen Hogan Music by David Pickvance and Sylvia Hallett. Directed by Steven Canny. The story of Emperor Nero and his mother Agrippina whose influence eventually drives him to murder. |
| 02 | 02 | The Glass Ball Game | 20050724 | 20050730, * 20080808, * 20080809 | The historian Suetonius is drawn into Hadrian's private life when he befriends the Emperor's young lover, Antinous, and travels with them into the heart of Egypt. |
| 02 | 03 LAST | Citizens In A Great City | 20050731 | 20050806, * 20080811, * 20080812 | Young Commodus buckles under the expectations put upon him by his father, the philosopher emperor Marcus Aurelius. Septimus Severus is called upon to save the Empire from anarchy. |
| 01 | Empress In The West | 20070225 | 20070303, RptdSat9.00pm | As the Roman Empire begins to fall apart, one woman sees it as an opportunity to wield the power that her gender has always denied her. Victoria....Barbara Flynn Postumus....Danny Webb Marius....Stephen Hogan Galleinus....David Troughton Victorinus....Sam Troughton Saloninus....Nick Boulton Gaul (Atraxis)....Tim Treloar Polydorus/Envoy....Paul Richard Biggin Messenger/Voice 2....Joseph Kloska General/Voice 1/First Slave....Sam Dale Second Slave....Emma Noakes Centurian/Soldier/Driver....Saikat Ahamed | |
| 01 | 01 | Meeting At Formiae | * 20090601, * 20090602 | Julius visits senate leaders Cicero and Cato to get support for his proposed rule of Rome. Julius visits senate leaders Cicero and Cato undercover to gather support for his proposed rule of Rome. Stars David Troughton. | |
| 01 | 02 | The Arena | * 20090602, * 20090603 | As Julius' appointed heir, young Octavian used his legendary skills to outwit enemies. As Julius' appointed heir, young Octavian used his legendary skills to outwit enemies and rule Rome. Stars Richard Johnson. | |
| 01 | 03 LAST | Peeling Figs For Julius | * 20090603, * 20090604 | His name is now a byword for depravity, but how evil was Emperor Caligula? His name is now a byword for depravity, but growing up in Tiberius' court - how evil was Emperor Caligula? Stars David Tennant. | |
| 02 | 01 | The Best Of Mothers | * 20090604, * 20090605 | The murderous tale of Emperor Nero and his interfering mother Agrippina. The murderous tale of Emperor Nero and his interfering mother Agrippina. Stars Jonathan Forbes and Frances Barber. | |
| 02 | 02 | The Glass Ball Game | * 20090605, * 20090606 | The story of Emperor Hadrian and his relationship with Antinous, who died in mysterious circumstances. Stars Andrew Garfield. The story of Emperor Hadrian and his relationship with Antinous. Stars Andrew Garfield. | |
| 02 | 03 LAST | Citizens In A Great City | * 20090608, * 20090609 | The story of Septimus Severus and how he came to the brink of becoming Emperor. The story of Septimus Severus and how he came to the brink of becoming Emperor. Stars Ronald Pickup and Ray Fearon. | |
| 02 | The Maker Of All Things | 20070304 | 20070310 | Constantine had the strength and determination to reunite the Empire, and to give it a new state religion - Christianity. But what sacrifices must he make when he feels threatened by his own son? Constantine....Sam Dale Crispus....Joseph Kloska Licinius....Mark Straker Helena....Margot Leicester Fausta....Christine Kavanagh Constantius....Trevor Martin Rufus....Struan Rodger Arrius....Paul Richard Biggin Athenasius....Saikat Ahamed | |
| 03 LAST | An Empire Without End | 20070311 | 20070317, RptdSat9.00pm | As the Empire in the West begins to crumble before the forces of Atilla the Hun, it is left to an unlikely coalition of kingmakers to select the last Roman Emperor. Can Romulus Augustus survive? Romulus....Tom Hiddleston Priscus....David Collings Barbaria....Adjoa Andoh Emperor Leo....George Baker Maximinus....Sam Dale Attila....Victor Sobchak Orestes....Mark Straker Odo....Joseph Kloska Ricimer....Christian Rodska Other parts played by Saikat Ahamed and Paul Richard Biggin. Director Jenny Mortimer. |
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