I, Claudius (radio adaptation)

I, Claudius

Cover of the audiobook
Genre	radio drama
Running time	6 x 60 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Radio 4
Starring	Tom Goodman-Hill, Derek Jacobi, Harriet Walter, Tim McInnerny, Samuel Barnett
Writer(s)	Robin Brooks, after the novels by Robert Graves
Director(s)	Jonquil Panting
Air dates	28 November 2010 to 2 January 2011
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Opening theme	David Pickvance
Ending theme	David Pickvance

I, Claudius is a six-part 2010 radio adaptation of the novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God by Robert Graves. Broadcast as part of the Classic Serial strand on BBC Radio 4, it was adapted by Robin Brooks and directed by Jonquil Panting, with music composed by David Pickvance. Claudius was played by Tom Goodman-Hill and the series' cast is also notable for including Derek Jacobi, who played Claudius in the 1976 BBC TV adaptation of the same works. The series was released as a BBC Audiobook on 6 January 2011. It won the 2012 Audie Award in the "Audio Dramatization" category.

Cast

• Tom Goodman-Hill as Claudius
• Derek Jacobi as Augustus
• Harriet Walter as Livia
• Tim McInnerny as Tiberius
• Alison Pettitt as Julia
• Sam Dale as Athenodorus/Sejanus/Tacitus
• Sean Baker as Thrasyllus/Pomponius/Cremutius/Asiaticus
• Christine Kavanagh as Antonia
• Samuel Barnett as Caligula
• Henry Devas as Postumus/Callistus
• Trevor Peacock as Pollio
• Hattie Morahan as Agrippina the Elder
• Zubin Varla as Herod Agrippa
• Jude Akuwudike as Cato/Cassius Chaerea/Plautius/Burrhus
• Tony Bell as Macro/Frontinus
• Sally Orrock as Calpurnia
• Claire Harry as Agrippinilla (Agrippina the Younger)
• Harvey Allpress as Young Claudius
• Jessica Raine as Messalina
• Robin Soans as Narcissus
• Ryan Watson as Britannicus
• Adeel Akhtar as Euodus
• Iain Batchelor as Soldier

Episodes

1. Augustus (broadcast 28 November 2010)
2. Tiberius (broadcast 5 December 2010)
3. Sejanus (broadcast 12 December 2010)
4. Caligula (broadcast 19 December 2010)
5. Claudius (broadcast 26 December 2010)
6. Messalina (broadcast 2 January 2011)