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.
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Michelle Newell
Cleopatra · 8 eps
Graham Crowden
Theodotus · 6 eps
Richard Griffiths
Pot Belly · 3 eps
Robert Hardy
Julius Caesar · 3 eps
Christopher Neame
Mark Antony · 3 eps
Shirin Taylor
Charmian · 3 eps
Elizabeth Shepherd
Cleopatra, the Mother · 2 eps
Pauline Moran
Cleopatra Berenike · 2 eps
Amanda Boxer
Cleopatra Tryphaena · 2 eps
Prue Clarke
Cleopatra Selene · 2 eps
Francesca Gonshaw
Arsinoe · 2 eps
James Aubrey
Grypus · 2 eps
Ian McNeice
Alexander · 2 eps
David Horovitch
Chickpea · 2 eps
Geoffrey Chater
Perigenes · 2 eps
Frank Duncan
Ammonius · 2 eps
Tony Osoba
Marsyas · 2 eps
Morris Perry
General Chaereas · 2 eps
Sue Holderness
Cleopatra, the Eldest Granddaughter / Cleopatra, the Eldest Daughter · 2 eps
Emily Richard
Cleopatra Tryphaena · 1 ep
