The best ever?

Rewatched it recently. By today's standards the production is rickety, the camerawork uninspired and the Roman mob consists of a dozen peeps standing off stage shouting: "Seize Her! Seize Her!"

That said, the story is as powerful and gripping as ever, the writing and acting excellent. By comparison, modern historical series are positively vulgar, however much was spent on the lavish sets.


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I'll freely admit to enjoying television, and while there has been an abundance of dreck over the years, there has been plenty of top quality stuff as well.

I first caught "I, Claudius," when PBS re-aired it about 1991, purchased the VHS tapes shortly afterward, then went on to read Graves "I, Claudius," and "Claudius the God." For some reason, I set all of this aside until pulling it out recently and watching it with my wife. It is impossible not to be struck by the brilliance of this production. More than ever, it proved that a great story, great dialog and great acting beat the hell out of FX, CGI, and all the bells and whistles. For my money, it is the best thing I have ever seen on television.

Agree? Disagree? Have a different candidate you would like to put forward? I'd like to know the opinion of others.

"He was running around like a rooster in a barnyard full of ducks."--Pat Novak

I, Claudius is absolutely one of the best TV series ever made. Superb acting, shocking content and fascinating and complex characters.

Some others that I also think are among the best are the following.

The Jewel in the Crown
Brideshead Revisited
The Sandbaggers
Danger UXB
The Adventures, The Return and The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes(Starring Jeremy Brett)
Jane Eyre (1983)
Prime Suspect(UK version)
House of Cards Trilogy (Ian Richardson Version)
Poldark (Robin Ellis version)
The Mallens
Rome(Good companion piece to I, Claudius)
All Creatures Great and Small
Secret Army
Colditz
Enemy at the Door


Go to bed Frank or this is going to get ugly .