Topic: Chief Inspector Wexford star George Baker dies aged 80

[Simon]

Maybe it was a repeat? 

[Rik]

No, it was first shown in 1976.

[GillE]

I must confess, there were aspects of I, Claudius that I was too young to understand the first time I saw it.

[Rik]

Sadly, that wasn't true for me.

[Simon]

I was 12 in 1976, and had a TV in my room by then. 

[Rik]

Nudity was still preferred to violence back then. Happy days.

[GillE]

I'm not keen on either.  If you can only atract viewers by having naked actors knock seven bells out of each other, the story can't be up to much.  The Tinker Tailor TV series is a fine example of this.

[Simon]

Is it on Bluray? 

[Clive]

I remember Alan Bates and Oliver Reed doing that Gill.   

[Simon]

[Rik]

It was better than looking at a naked Glenda Jackson.

[Simon]

Oh, I don't know. She had a couple of interesting  features. 

[Rik]

I can think of others that were more interesting. 

[Rodders]

You can put my name down for a second helping of One Clavdivs.   

[Rik]