First broadcast 4th October 1976.
Livia engineered the downfall of Julia who was banished. Tiberius has been recalled to Rome and is joint heir with Postumus. Claudius has found a friend in Herod.
Claudius: Derek Jacobi
Horace: Norman Shelley
Augustus, Emperor of Rome: Brian Blessed
Livia, Augustus's wife: Sian Phillips
Postumus, Julia's son: John Castle
Postumus's wife: Vivian Clifford
Tiberius, Livia's son: George Baker
Agrippina, Germanicus's wife: Fiona Walker
Germanicus, Claudius's brother: David Robb
Antonia, Claudius's mother: Margaret Tyzack
Livilla, Castor's wife: Patricia Quinn
Praxis: Alan Thompson
Courier: Guy Slater
Livy: Denis Carey
Pollio: Donald Eccles
Librarian: John Truscott
Herod: James Faulkner
Castor, Livilla's husband: Kevin McNally
Claudius's bride: Jennifer Croxton
