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I, Claudius Episode 5
"Poison Is Queen"
Original Airdate: Oct. 11, 1976
Writer: Jack Pulman (based on the novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God by Robert Graves)
Director: Herbert Wise
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker, John Castle, David Robb, Patricia Quinn, Patrick Stewart, Carol Gillies