Episode

I, Claudius: Waiting in the Wings

Name: I, Claudius: Waiting in the Wings
Released: 1976-09-27
Duration: 55 min
Cast: Derek Jacobi, George Baker, Margaret Tyzack, Siân Phillips, James Faulkner

I, ClaudiusMiniseries1976-09-27

Overview

Livia, wife of Emperor Augustus plots against his daughter Julia and manages to convince him to bring her son Tiberius back from exile.

Details

Series: I, Claudius
Season: Season 1
Episode: Episode 2
Air date: 1976-09-27
Runtime: 55 min

Episode context

Waiting in the Wings is Episode 2 in Miniseries of I, Claudius. It aired on 1976-09-27. The runtime is 55 min.

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Episode 1: A Touch of Murder 1976-09-20 | 90 min Livia, the scheming wife of Augustus, seeks to disinherit her husband's grand-children in favour of her own son Tiberius.

Episode 3: What Shall We Do About Claudius? 1976-10-04 | 55 min Livia has engineered the downfall of Julia, who has been banished. Tiberius is recalled to Rome and is joint heir with Postumus. Poor stumbling, stuttering Claudius finds a friend in Herod, king of the Jews.

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Episode 4: Poison is Queen 1976-10-11 | 55 min The Imperial Army on the Rhine has been wiped out and Tiberius sent to avenge the defeat, followed later by Germanicus. Livia has discredited Postumus, who has been banished. Augustus has been feeling unwell, but is avoiding suspicions of poisoning by eating figs from his own garden.

Episode 5: Some Justice 1976-10-18 | 55 min As Augustus learned of Livia's plot against Postumus, she took action which resulted in Tiberius becoming emperor. The situation in the East now threatens Tiberius's position.

Episode 6: Queen of Heaven 1976-10-25 | 55 min Germanicus has been murdered in Antioch and his wife Agrippina is convinced Tiberius ordered the killing. Livia has discovered that Caligula helped to poison his father. While Tiberius's perversions have become notorious, his right-hand man Sejanus, commander of the Praetorian Guard, gathers more power for himself, including a marriage alliance with Claudius.

Episode 7: Reign of Terror 1976-11-01 | 55 min With Tiberius retired to Capri, Sejanus plans to tighten his grip on Rome and divorces his wife so he can marry Livilla. But he also has powerful enemies and his attempts to consolidate power set in motion a bloody chain of events.

Episode 8: Zeus, By Jove! 1976-11-08 | 55 min Claudius has high hopes of a return to a Republic when Caligula insanely proclaims himself a god and his sister a goddess... but Rome officially accepts his divinity.

Episode 9: Hail Who? 1976-11-15 | 55 min Caligula's erratic behaviour continues, as he makes his horse a senator and turns the palace into a brothel. Many in the Praetorian Guard grow to realise that their ruler is insane and, fearing the collapse of Rome itself, believe that something needs to be done.

Episode 10: Fool's Luck 1976-11-22 | 55 min Claudius is happily married, while the mad Caligula has been assassinated. To his astonishment, Claudius has been proclaimed emperor by the Praetorian Guard.

Episode 11: A God in Colchester 1976-11-29 | 55 min Claudius has ruled wisely for a year with the support of Messalina, whom he deeply loves. Convinced of her devotion, he is totally unaware that she is deceiving him.

Episode 12: Old King Log 1976-12-06 | 55 min Almost at the end of his family history, Claudius' thoughts turn to the future of Rome.