Rome – Season 1 dir. by Michael Apted
it has been four hundred years since the founding of the Republic, and in that time Rome has grown into a mighty power. But military might, and subjugated lands don’t mean...
19 September 2006
Rome 1.11 & 1.12 dir. by Alan Taylor, Mikael Salomon
Double episode tonight, so I’m guessing that the BBC have cut a few scenes out of both episode 11 The Spoils and episode 12 Kalends of February. Ah well, we’ll just...
6 January 2006
Rome 1.10 – Triumph dir. by Andrew Jareki
How better to start an episode than with forgiveness and a threat? As he takes his seat as dictator Caesar tells everyone that he forgives them, isn’t he a nice boy?...
30 December 2005
Rome 1.09 – Utica dir. by Jeremy Podeswa
Last week we had a quick year, and between that one and this it appears yet another has gone by. Caesar and all our soldier-boys have come home to Rome. A...
22 December 2005
Rome 1.08 – Caesarion dir. by Steve Shill
As viewers we may know Pompey’s fate[1] but Caesar is still in hot persuit, and turns up in Egypt, and is, well, lets just say a little upset to discover that...
14 December 2005
Rome 1.07 – Pharsalus dir. by Timothy Van Patten
Well if Chicken has learned anything it may be not to curse the gods, but somehow I doubt it. After the storms of the last episode he and Lamb are left...
14 December 2005
Rome 1.06 – Egeria dir. by Alan Poul
Rome ep1.06 – Chicken, Lamb, Anto, very little Caesar.
1 December 2005
Rome – 1.04: Stealing from Saturn dir. by Julian Farino
Episode: 1.04 -because I’m sticking with the HBO episode numbers from now on, although this is the third shown on the Beeb. In this episode Julius finally makes it back to...
17 November 2005
Rome – 1.02 dir. by Michael Apted
I haven’t mentioned the episode’s title in this post as I’m not sure what it is. You see, the BBC have decided to cut the first three episodes shown in American...
10 November 2005
Rome – The Stolen Eagle dir. by Michael Apted
Publicity for this has certainly been building up the sex and the violence, and this first episode did live up to that. Then again, opening with Julius Caesar in Gaul there...
4 November 2005
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