“I, Claudius” great BBC series featuring a young Patrick Stewart, Brian Blessed, and Derek Jacobi as Claudius. Based on the novels by Robert Graves. Even if you aren’t into history, they are a great example of doing a great show on a tiny budget.
Fun note - Augustus constantly saying “quicker than boiled asparagus” is an actual historical fact - Augustus is noted in contemporary histories to have several strange sayings he made up and was fond of, and “faster than asparagus boils” was one of them.
“I, Claudius” great BBC series featuring a young Patrick Stewart, Brian Blessed, and Derek Jacobi as Claudius. Based on the novels by Robert Graves. Even if you aren’t into history, they are a great example of doing a great show on a tiny budget.
https://youtu.be/Z7XRX1UBooQ?list=PLlwzDYw6zp2D6DxLR8zGz1i_7764DYSVQ
Fun note - Augustus constantly saying “quicker than boiled asparagus” is an actual historical fact - Augustus is noted in contemporary histories to have several strange sayings he made up and was fond of, and “faster than asparagus boils” was one of them.
*yoink*
Mine now.
I’ve been using “16 of one, a dozen and a third of the other” for a while.