October Films

Told through the eyes of Livia Druisilla, follow the lives of five power-hungry rulers and the imperial women who defined their reigns

  • Released
    2024
  • Broadcaster
    Channel 5
  • Duration
    3 x 60
  • The stories of the most notorious Roman emperors, told through the eyes of the first empress Livia Drusilla, played by Dame Sian Phillips. Their excesses, depravity, and treacherous fights for succession turned them into legends – but who was really pulling the strings?

    Narrator Dame Sian Phillips returns to the role that chilled the nation’s blood in “I Claudius”. In three episodes, Livia Drusilla reveals how she rose to become the power behind the throne, for the first time enabling women to change the course of western civilisation. But Livia’s dynasty is built on betrayal, incest and murder… Game of Thrones, eat your heart out.

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