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Title: Good old days in Rome
Review: Aside from a few very minor audio problems, the DVDs were of excellent quality. After 30 years the program lives up to its reputation as one of the finest miniseries ever televised. It puts HBO's "Rome" to shame. The acting was superb. Derek Jacobi as Claudius, a young John Hurt as Caligula, Brian Blessed (Augustus), Sian Phillips (Livia), and all the rest are outstanding. Not a lemon in the bunch. Derek Jacobi's performance was astonishing when you compare it to Charles Laughton's portrayal of Claudius in the unfinished Alex Korda 1937 screen adaptation of "I, Claudius". He actually makes Laughton look like an amature. A word to the wise for your young ones. It lives up to its billing as portraying "ruthless ambition, debauchery (nudity and sex), and murderous intrigue".
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