Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- ~55 min/episode
- Length
- 1 season · 12 episodes
- Status
- Miniseries
- Age rating
- TV-14
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- One season, and then it ends — a story with a last episode, not a habit.
The story
Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.
- rome
- italy
- based on novel or book
- roman empire
- emperor
- manipulation
- ambition
- ancient rome
- biography
- murder
- betrayal
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Fiona Walker
- Kevin McNally
- Bernard Hepton
- Sheila White
- Patrick Stewart
- John Cater
- Frances White
- David Robb
- Ian Ogilvy
- John Hurt
- George Baker
- Directed
- Herbert Wise
- Created
- Herbert Wise, Martin Lisemore, Jack Pulman
- Written
- Jack Pulman
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 140 ratings
- Network & studio
- BBC Two, London Films Productions, BBC
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
