Sean Gabb
Most other people seem to have hated it. But this is the only television I watched in 1983, and I loved every minute. I even feel a slight influence on the writings of Richard Blake.
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I preferred “I Claudius” – from a few years earlier.
This had a manic feel about it that I adored. Also, while the Ptolemies were all Greeks, who only put on Egyptian costume when they showed themselves outside Alexandria, this was probably as accurate a portrayal of the Hellenistic collapse as you’ll ever see on the telly.
I guess that Mr Blake advised you about that stuff, all of which he is an expert on!
Remarkable cast, remarkably wooden acting and script. No Sian Phillips.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/sian-phillips/images/sian-phillips_01_446.jpg
Still, all redeemed by wonderful kitsch value and gratuitous bare breasts.