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"I, Claudius" great BBC series featuring a young Patrick Stewart, Brian Blessed, and Derek Jacobi as Claudius. Based on the novels by Robert Graves. Even if you aren't into history, they are a great example of doing a great show on a tiny budget.
https://youtu.be/Z7XRX1UBooQ?list=PLlwzDYw6zp2D6DxLR8zGz1i_7764DYSVQ
Fun note - Augustus constantly saying "quicker than boiled asparagus" is an actual historical fact - Augustus is noted in contemporary histories to have several strange sayings he made up and was fond of, and "faster than asparagus boils" was one of them.
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I've been using "16 of one, a dozen and a third of the other" for a while.