Genre | radio drama |
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Running time | 6 x 60 minutes |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
Starring | Tom Goodman-Hill, Derek Jacobi, Harriet Walter, Tim McInnerny, Samuel Barnett |
Written by | Robin Brooks, after the novels by Robert Graves |
Directed by | Jonquil Panting |
Original release | 28 November 2010 – 2 January 2011 |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Opening theme | David Pickvance |
Ending theme | David Pickvance |
I, Claudius is a six-part 2010 radio adaptation of Robert Graves' 1934 novel I, Claudius and its 1935 sequel Claudius the God. Broadcast as part of the Classic Serial strand on BBC Radio 4, it was adapted by Robin Brooks and directed by Jonquil Panting, with music composed by David Pickvance. Claudius was played by Tom Goodman-Hill and the series' cast is also notable for including Derek Jacobi, who played Claudius in the 1976 BBC TV adaptation of the same works, now in the role of Augustus. The series was released as a BBC Audiobook on 6 January 2011.[1] It won the 2012 Audie Award in the "Audio Dramatization" category.[2][3]