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.

Cast: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker, Margaret Tyzack, Patricia Quinn, David Robb, Fiona Walker, John Castle, Norman Shelley, James Faulkner, Kevin McNally, Donald Eccles, Denis Carey, John Truscott