I, Claudius

DNF @ 34%. This was the BBC radio production which was, oh gods, TERRIBLE. It has Derek Jacobi as Augustus (rather than Claudius) and is structured like so:
- An elderly Claudius narrating his biography (sounds of quill scratching)
- Bite-sized scenes from the past, featuring a wide cast of characters, doing some of the stuff he is talking about (lots of radio production values).

I got totally lost in all the different branches of the imperial Roman family, and ended up finding the bite-sized scenes frustrating, since I was like, WAIT WHO'S THIS NOW?! The actors were all wonderful - and I loved listening to it as a play - but the format of micro-flashbacks was just awful. I couldn't keep anything straight. If I just remembered, “Well, Livia probably murdered them”, that usually ended up being right like ~66% of the time, but the rest of the time, ????

Oh well. I need to get this on proper audiobook! Or just proper book!