British Film and television director Herbert Wise, whose work included the seminal miniseries “I, Claudius,” died Aug. 5 in London. He was 90. When it aired on BBC Two in 1976, the critically beloved ...

SINISTER MUSIC plays and a viper slithers across a Roman mosaic. It’s the opening credits of “I, Claudius,” a historical series of the Roman Empire based on the novels by Robert Graves. Uneasy lays ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

In just about any list of the Greatest TV Miniseries of All Time, one title is always sure to pop up: I, Claudius, the epic 1976 TV series produced by the BBC. Spanning a dozen episodes, the tale ...

Relativity Media has picked up the rights to Robert Graves' classic Roman Empire-set novel "I, Claudius." Jim Sheridan will write the screenplay with longtime collaborator Nye Heron and direct as well ...

As the 1976 adaptation of I, Claudius concludes its run on BBC Four, Ben Lawrence suggests how the new HBO version can repeat its success. It has been announced that US TV network HBO has commissioned ...

Frequently finding itself on multiple ‘best shows ever made’ lists, I, Claudius is a 1976 BBC adaptation of Robert Graves' eponymous 1934 novel and its 1935 sequel Claudius the God. With a screenplay ...

Herbert Wise, who has died aged 90, directed the landmark BBC Television historical drama I, Claudius (1976), an epic up-market soap opera set during the height of the Roman empire which featured ...

In 1934, English poet and historian Robert Graves electrified the literary world with his novel I, Claudius, which along with its 1935 sequel Claudius The God told the story of nearly 100 years of the ...

As John Hodgman went through his latest re-watch of I, Claudius, the rise of Caligula as Roman emperor felt as though it held up a mirror to modern-day American politics. "To explain how crazy he is, ...