The Caesars (Miniseries 1968) | Augustus (Episode 1)

The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1968. Made in black-and-white and written and produced by Philip Mackie, it covered dramatic territory similar to that of the later BBC adaptation of I, Claudius, dealing with the lives of the early emperors of Ancient Rome, but differed in its less sensationalist depictions of historical characters and their motives; in particular, the Emperor Tiberius is portrayed much more sympathetically. All six episodes were written by Philip Mackie and directed by Derek Bennett.

Episode 1: As the first man to establish the Principate in Rome, Augustus nears death. Who will he choose as successor: his stepson Tiberius or his grandson Agrippa, who is in exile?

Episode 2: https://www.bitchute.com/video/Iuvxp7q6o4GE/

Major cast:
Roland Culver as Augustus
Eric Flynn as Germanicus
André Morell as Tiberius
Barrie Ingham as Sejanus
Ralph Bates as Caligula
Freddie Jones as Claudius
Sonia Dresdel as Livia
Nicola Pagett as Messalina
Suzan Farmer as Livilla
William Corderoy as Drusus Julius Caesar
Derek Newark as Agrippa Postumus
Caroline Blakiston as Agrippina the Elder
Martin Potter as Nero Julius Caesar
Jonathan Collins as Tiberius Gemellus
Pollyanna Williams as Julia Drusilla
Jenny White as Julia Livilla
Karol Keyes as Agrippina the Younger
Barbara Murray as Milonia Caesonia
Jerome Willis as Naevius Sutorius Macro
Kevin Stoney as Thrasyllus of Mendes
Donald Eccles as Marcus Cocceius Nerva
John Phillips as Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso
John Paul as Cassius Chaerea
Joan Heath as Munatia Plancina
Wanda Ventham as Ennia Thrasylla
Sean Arnold as Marcus Aemlius Lepidus
John Normington as Gaius Julius Callistus
John Woodvine as Publius Vitellius the Younger
Gerald Harper as Lucius Vitellius the Elder
Mark Hawkins as Mnester
Roger Rowland as Quintus Veranius
Charles Lloyd-Pack as Crispus
George Sewell as Ennius