14 Aug 1979
Caligula
After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.
Julius Caesar
A compelling study of personal ambition versus the good of the state.
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Joss Ackland Caesar
Frances Tomelty Calphunia
David Robb Brutus
Hugh Quarshie Cassius
Jim Carter Mark Antony
Judith Sharp Portia
Peter Woodthorpe Casca
Andrew Wincott Narrator/Octavius
Dillwyn Owen Soothsayer/Trebonius
Tony Leader Cinna/Decius
John Miers Lucius
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