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　　The mini-series follows the history of the Roman Empire, from approximately the death of Marcellus (24/23 BC) to Claudius' own death in 54 AD. As Claudius narrates his life, we witness Augustus' attempts to find an heir, often foiled by his wife Livia who wants her son Tiberius to become emperor. We also see the conspiracy of Sejanus, the infamous reign of Caligula, and Claudius' own troubled period of rule.

　　影片被设置在英格兰蔷薇战争末期，讲述英国都铎王朝时期的故事。兰开斯特王室宿敌约克王室理查德三世，在波斯沃平原之役中去世，他的侄子理查德四世接任，统治多年。
　　理查德四世膝下两子，大儿子威尔士王子哈利（罗伯特·伊斯特 Robert East 饰）本是众望所归的王位继承人，而他却是一个疯子。小儿子埃德蒙王子（罗温·艾金森 Rowan Atkinson 饰）笨拙愚蠢又骄傲自大，被王室以及整个家族所不耻。然而就是这个自称“黑爵士一世”的埃德蒙王子，却试图从他的父王和哥哥手中夺取王位。在两个随从珀西（蒂姆·麦克纳尼 Tim McInnerny 饰），一个唯一尊重他的愚蠢贵族和鲍德里克（托尼·罗宾逊 Tony Robinson 饰），一个爱耍小聪明的农民的帮助下，开始了他们看似伟大的夺权计划。

　　故事承接第一季《黑爵士一世》，讲述六十年后的都铎王朝伊丽莎白一世时期的故事。金雀花王朝此时已经灭亡，由伊丽莎白一世（米兰达·理查森 Miranda Richardson 饰）继承王位。而这位像她的家族一样疯狂的女王，虽然性感诱人，却又极为情绪化。她一直都在寻找理想中的丈夫。伊丽莎白一世拥有一个最具权威的宫廷弄臣埃德蒙·黑爵士（罗温·艾金森 Rowan Atkinson 饰），他是《黑爵士一世》中埃德蒙王子的曾孙。
　　此次，埃德蒙摇身一变成为愤世嫉俗又充满智慧的冷酷朝臣，欲借娶伊丽莎白一世而篡夺王位。爱耍小聪明的农民鲍德里克（托尼·罗宾逊 Tony Robinson饰）和愚蠢的贵族珀西（蒂姆·麦克纳尼 Tim McInnerny饰），再次协助埃德蒙展开啼笑皆非的夺权计划。然而，伊丽莎白一世的得力助手曼彻特主教（斯蒂芬·弗雷 Stephen Fry 饰）一直在忠心耿耿的暗中辅佐她，免于王位落入埃德蒙之手。

　　英国19世纪摄政时期，乔治三世的傻儿子乔治（休·劳瑞 Hugh Laurie 饰）是当时威尔士的摄政王。这位粗俗不堪又愚蠢至极的摄政王奢靡无度，耗尽了国家的所有钱财。如果不是他的管家埃德蒙·黑爵士（罗温·艾金森 Rowan Atkinson 饰）在一旁辅佐，整个王朝必将毁于一旦。
　　埃德蒙是一位落魄的前贵族，为人冷酷傲慢又尖酸刻薄。愤世嫉俗的埃德蒙总是摆出一副对所有人事充满厌恶的面孔，总觉得自己应该拥有更高更好的权位。做苦工的农民鲍德里克（托尼·罗宾逊 Tony Robinson 饰）是他的随从，蓬头垢面，整天臭气熏天。咖啡店老板梅根太太（海伦·阿特金森-伍德 Helen Atkinson-Wood 饰）开朗热情到有些令人生厌，她甚至听不出来埃德蒙对她的讥讽和侮辱。

　　1917年，第一次世界大战。愚蠢的梅棋将军（斯蒂芬·弗雷 Stephen Fry 饰）率领着英国军队奋战在前线。然而所有人都在期盼这场毫无意义的战争可以早日结束。小小的营地中，形形色色的人事百态尽在其中。无能的梅棋将军有一个趋炎附势的“得力助手”宝贝儿上尉（蒂姆·麦克纳尼 Tim McInnerny 饰），每天只知道阿谀奉承。一腔热血的乔治中尉（休·劳瑞 Hugh Laurie 饰）显得过于理想化，总是幻想着可以横扫德国。而对于头脑简单的二等兵包里克（托尼·罗宾逊 Tony Robinson 饰）来说，这场战争无异于一场可怕的噩梦。
　　以自我为中心的黑爵士上尉（罗温·艾金森 Rowan Atkinson 饰）看上去傲慢冷漠又尖酸刻薄，常常挖苦讽刺着身边人。无一例外的，他也在竭尽全力地摆脱这场无休止的战争。

　　《糟糕历史》是CBBC出品的一档儿童节目，但吸引到了各个年龄段的观众，在IMDB上有高达9.1的评分。该节目用喜剧的视角向观众朋友们展示历史上最囧的一面，涉及到古希腊、古罗马、阿兹台克、印加、世界大战以及英国历史上各王朝等，内容丰富，寓教于乐。几位演员可谓全才，对各种类型的角色的塑造堪称经典，并且能歌善舞。《糟糕历史》中的歌舞桥段，可谓一大看点。总之，一句话形容，就是“外表荒诞无节操，内心高洁学问高”。

　　Morse is taken seriously ill at a museum reception and is hospitalized. In the hospital, Supt. Strange, visits Morse to push him to take early retirement, while Dr. Millicent 'Millie' Van Buren gives him her book on a 140 year-old court case known as the Oxford Canal Murders. The case involved the murder and rape of a young woman, Mrs Joanna Franks, traveling by canal boat from Coventry to London. The case resulted in three boatmen being sentenced to death and two of them hanged. Morse starts to read Millie's book and dreams about it. He soon has a number of problems with the case.
　　Why weren't the three men also charged with theft? Why did Mrs Franks take a boat instead of a train that was much faster and comfortable and only slightly more expensive? Why didn't she abandon the boat after she complained about lewd behavior of the crew at the shipping office in Banbury? Why did she then drink and 'socialise' with the crew? What happened to her 'carpet bag' with which she arrived on the boat but which was not mentioned in the court case, nor was it stored in the archives with her, almost empty, trunk? The trunk was marked with initials of her first husband who had died. How did it happen that her shoes were found on the boat but nobody saw her return to the boat from the forest?
　　PC Adrian Kershaw does some brilliant leg work for Morse. He studied history and has invaluable background knowledge. For instance, he mentions that the boatmen had bad reputation because they worked on Sundays and did not attend church. Later a chapel was built for them in Oxford.
　　The dead woman's clothes and the shoes found on the boat are submitted to modern forensic investigation. The result is that the shoes did not belong to the dead woman found in the water because she was much taller.The shoes were never used in the forest.
　　Only Mrs Franks' husband, Charles Franks, was called to identify the body of the dead woman. He claimed that, while her face was darkened and disfigured, he found a birth mark behind her ear. The prosecutor welcomed that information "that only a husband or a lover would know". The accused were not shown the body. The defense attorney merely claimed that the guilt of the three men was not proved. All three accused claimed to the end that they were innocent. One of them was not executed because he embraced Christianity in prison.
　　Morse instructs Kershaw to investigate if Charles Franks benefited from his wife's death and, indeed, he pocketed 300 pounds insurance money. Case closed: Charles Franks murdered a tall women and dropped her in the canal after meeting Joanna in the forest. If Joanna Franks jumped off the boat at the same time as the dead body hit the water, she swam to the bank and joined her husband. The couple changed their names, in the case of 'Charles Franks' a second time after he 'died' as Joanna's first husband. The fourth boatman, a youngster who was not charged, was probably paid by Joanna to give false testimony.
　　Morse travels to Ireland and has a grave of Joanna's first husband exhumed. The coffin contains bags of sand and some stones.

　　公元前52年，罗马共和国正值鼎盛时期，执政官庞贝（里克•沃登 Rick Warden 饰）坐守都城，盟友凯撒（塞伦•希德 Ciarán Hinds 饰）征战高卢。期间，第13军团屡立战功，主将乌里纳斯（凯文•马克德 Kevin McKidd 饰）有勇有谋，手下波罗（雷•史蒂文森 Ray Stevenson 饰）虽嗜酒如命，却忠肝义胆。适逢凯撒得胜，屋大维遵母命赴前线慰问，不想途中遭劫，被经过的乌里纳斯和波罗救下。13军团凯旋，乌里纳斯与阔别8年的妻子相见，却各怀心事。波罗偶然间发现了乌里纳斯妻子红杏出墙的事实，为了保护长官的名誉，波罗在屋大维的帮助下，逼出了真相。凯撒准备独揽大权，一直等待时机。庞贝看出了他的野心，与元老院众人商议，其中以西塞罗为首的贵族势力，坚持认为凯撒为共和国叛徒，应诛杀之。而此时，凯撒的大将安东尼（杰姆斯•鲍弗 James Purefoy 饰）接任了护民官，与庞贝一伙展开周旋……

　　关德林（萝玛拉·嘉瑞 Romola Garai 饰）和丹尼尔（休·丹西 Hugh Dancy 饰）两人性格迥异，一个主动奔放野心勃勃，一个温文尔雅心思细腻，但这并没能阻碍他们的相互吸引，可就在两人越走越近之时，关德林却因为经济拮据而被迫嫁给了富商格兰克（休·博内威利 Hugh Bonneville 饰）。
　　婚后的生活与自私自利的格兰克令生性自由的关德林感到十分痛苦，压抑之中，她向丹尼尔发出了求救信号，希望能利用他的温暖安抚自己伤痕累累的内心。可是，这时的丹尼尔正同一位名叫米拉（乔迪·梅 Jodhi May 饰）的美丽犹太女孩坠入了爱河，随着时间的推移，三人之间的情感纠葛演变得越来越复杂起来。