The Best Episodes Written By Jack Pulman

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   7.7/10(7 votes)

   #1 - Some Justice

   S1:E510/18/1976

   As Augustus learned of Livia's plot against Postumus, she took action which resulted in Tiberius becoming emperor. The situation in the East now threatens Tiberius's position.

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   7.6/10(7 votes)

   #2 - Poison is Queen

   S1:E410/11/1976

   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.

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   6.6/10(12 votes)

   #3 - A Touch of Murder

   S1:E19/20/1976

   Livia, the scheming wife of Augustus, seeks to disinherit her husband's grand-children in favour of her own son Tiberius.

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   6.4/10(9 votes)

   #4 - Waiting in the Wings

   S1:E29/27/1976

   Livia, wife of Emperor Augustus plots against his daughter Julia and manages to convince him to bring her son Tiberius back from exile.

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   6.4/10(9 votes)

   #5 - Zeus, By Jove!

   S1:E811/8/1976

   Claudius has high hopes of a return to a Republic when Caligula insanely proclaims himself a god and his sister a goddess... but Rome officially accepts his divinity.

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   6.4/10(9 votes)

   #6 - Old King Log

   S1:E1212/6/1976

   Almost at the end of his family history, Claudius' thoughts turn to the future of Rome.

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   6.3/10(9 votes)

   #7 - What Shall We Do About Claudius?

   S1:E310/4/1976

   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.

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   6.3/10(9 votes)

   #8 - Queen of Heaven

   S1:E610/25/1976

   Germanicus has been murdered in Antioch and his wife Agrippina is convinced Tiberius ordered the killing. Livia has discovered that Caligula helped to poison his father. While Tiberius's perversions have become notorious, his right-hand man Sejanus, commander of the Praetorian Guard, gathers more power for himself, including a marriage alliance with Claudius.

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   6.3/10(9 votes)

   #9 - Hail Who?

   S1:E911/15/1976

   Caligula's erratic behaviour continues, as he makes his horse a senator and turns the palace into a brothel. Many in the Praetorian Guard grow to realise that their ruler is insane and, fearing the collapse of Rome itself, believe that something needs to be done.

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    6.3/10(9 votes)

    #10 - Fool's Luck

    S1:E1011/22/1976

    Claudius is happily married, while the mad Caligula has been assassinated. To his astonishment, Claudius has been proclaimed emperor by the Praetorian Guard.

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    6.3/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Reign of Terror

    S1:E711/1/1976

    With Tiberius retired to Capri, Sejanus plans to tighten his grip on Rome and divorces his wife so he can marry Livilla. But he also has powerful enemies and his attempts to consolidate power set in motion a bloody chain of events.

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    6.2/10(9 votes)

    #12 - A God in Colchester

    S1:E1111/29/1976

    Claudius has ruled wisely for a year with the support of Messalina, whom he deeply loves. Convinced of her devotion, he is totally unaware that she is deceiving him.

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13. 

    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Episode 1

    S1:E110/5/1975

    In 1783, Ross Poldark returns from the American wars to his native Cornwall to find his home in shambles and his betrothed Elizabeth engaged to another.

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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Episode 2

    S1:E210/12/1975

    Ross determines to put Nampara back on track and get his mine Wheal Leisure running again. Ross decides to take young Demelza Carne into his house as a servant.

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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Episode 3

    S1:E310/19/1975

    Demelza has taken over running Nampara; Elizabeth and Francis now married have had a child; Ross has to defend Jim Carter in court but to no avail as he is sent to prison.

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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Episode 4

    S1:E410/26/1975

    After another infidelity from Francis, Elizabeth decides to leave Francis for Ross after his father's death — but Demelza's pregnancy complicates everything.

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