The Cleopatras
The Cleopatras is a 1983 BBC Television historical drama serial created and written by Philip Mackie. Set in Ancient Egypt during the latter part of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, the eight-part series follows the lives of a series of queens belonging to the Ptolemaic Dynasty of ancient Egypt, culminating in its final active ruler Cleopatra VII. Intended to be the I, Claudius of the 1980s, The Cleopatras met with a decidedly negative critical reaction, and was regarded and portrayed as a gaudy farce. It also produced a number of complaints due to scenes of nudity.
Created by Philip Mackie
Cast
Michelle Newell
Cleopatra
8 episodes
Graham Crowden
Theodotus
6 episodes
Richard Griffiths
Pot Belly
3 episodes
Robert Hardy
Julius Caesar
3 episodes
Christopher Neame
Mark Antony
3 episodes
Shirin Taylor
Charmian
3 episodes
Elizabeth Shepherd
Cleopatra, the Mother
2 episodes
Pauline Moran
Cleopatra Berenike
2 episodes
Amanda Boxer
Cleopatra Tryphaena
2 episodes
Prue Clarke
Cleopatra Selene
2 episodes
Francesca Gonshaw
Arsinoe
2 episodes
James Aubrey
Grypus
2 episodes
Ian McNeice
Alexander
2 episodes
David Horovitch
Chickpea
2 episodes
Geoffrey Chater
Perigenes
2 episodes
Frank Duncan
Ammonius
2 episodes
Tony Osoba
Marsyas
2 episodes
Morris Perry
General Chaereas
2 episodes
Sue Holderness
Cleopatra, the Eldest Granddaughter
2 episodes
Emily Richard
Cleopatra Tryphaena
1 episode
Caroline Mortimer
Cleopatra Thea
1 episode
Geoffrey Whitehead
Scipio Africanus
1 episode
Graham Seed
Ptolemy
1 episode
Daniel Beales
Ptolemy XIV
1 episode
Crew
- Music
- Nick Bicât
Seasons
Miniseries
1983 · 8 eps
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