Chelmsford 123 - Season 1 - Eps 2: What's Your Poison?
Aulus tries to win over the Brits by doing an early morning walkabout and arranging a banquet. Grasientus buys poison from Wolfbane with a view to killing Badvoc. Aulus is dismayed when Grasientus is exposed as a poisoner... but then Badvoc and Aulus are found to be up to the same tricks.
About Chelmsford 123
Title: Chelmsford 123
First Air Date: 1988-03-09
Last Air Date: 1990-02-20
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.6/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 13
Network: Channel 4
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Chelmsford, Britain in the year AD 123; there is a power struggle between Roman governor Aulus Paulinus and the British chieftain, Badvoc. Britain is a miserable place, cold and wet – just the place to exile Aulus for accidentally insulting the Emperor's horse, but also give him something useful to do. Aulus, probably a play on Aulus Platorius Nepos, the governor of Roman Britain between 122 and 125, was a rather delicate Roman, who was usually outwitted by the scheming Badvoc, who hadn't had a haircut for twenty-five years.
Cast
Rory McGrath
Badvoc
Jimmy Mulville
Aulus Paulinus
Neil Pearson
Mungo
Howard Lew Lewis
Blag
Philip Pope
Grasientus
