I, Claudius. Episode 10 of 12. Fool's Luck.

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First broadcast 22nd November 1976.

Claudius has been married to Messalina and is blissfully happy. Caligula, grown increasingly mad, has been assassinated. To his astonishment, Claudius has apparently been proclaimed Emperor by the Praetorian Guard.

Claudius: Derek Jacobi
Cestius: Neal Arden
Silanus: Lyndon Brook
Gratus: Bernard Hill
Rufrius: Geoffrey Hinsliff
Herod: James Faulkner
Protector: C. Lethbridge Baker
Messalina: Sheila White
Marcus: Norman Eshley
Asprenas: James Fagan
Cassius: Sam Dastor
Domitia, Messalina's mother: Moira Redmond
Midwife: Amanda Kemp
Pallas: Bernard Hepton
Narcissus: John Cater
Slave: Terry Francis
Xenophon: John Bennett

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