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.

Cast: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker, Margaret Tyzack, Frances White, Simon MacCorkindale, Darien Angadi, Ashley Knight, Kevin McNally, Katharine Levy, Michael Clements, Esmond Knight, Kevin Stoney, Alan Thompson