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The Cleopatras( 1983)

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Overview

Eight-part drama covering the lives of the queens of Egypt from Cleopatra II in 145 BC to the death of the famous Cleopatra VII in 30 BC.

    Series Cast

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      Michelle Newell

      Cleopatra

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      Graham Crowden

      Theodotus

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      Richard Griffiths

      Pot Belly

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      Elizabeth Shepherd

      Cleopatra, the mother

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      Robert Hardy

      Julius Caesar

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      Christopher Neame

      Mark Antony

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      David Horovitch

      Chickpea

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      Amanda Boxer

      Cleopatra Tryphaena

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      Antony Carrick

      Canidius

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      Arthur Hewlett

      Achoreus

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      Arthur White

      Bolis

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      Brian Oulton

      Aristarchus

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      Carol Harrison

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      Caroline Mortimer

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      David Buck

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      Donald Pickering

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      Francesca Gonshaw

      Arsinoe

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      Geoffrey Chater

      Perigenes

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      Geoffrey Whitehead

      Scipio Africanus

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      Godfrey James

      Cato

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      Graham Faulkner

      Apollodorus

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      Graham Pountney

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      Graham Seed

      Ptolemy

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      Granville Saxton

      Cyzicenus

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      Harold Kasket

      Onias

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      Ian McNeice

      Alexander

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      Jack May

      Criton

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      James Aubrey

      Grypus

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      John Arnatt

      Sophron

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      John Bennett

      Philocles

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      John Moffatt

      Quintus Dellius

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      John Ringham

      Pothinus

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      John Savident

      Pythagoras

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      Keith Drinkel

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      Lois Baxter

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      Moray Watson

      Gabinius

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      Morris Perry

      General Chaereas

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      Patrick Troughton

      Sextus

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      Pauline Moran

      Cleopatra Berenike

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      Peter Dennis

      Diomedes

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      Prue Clarke

      Cleopatra Selene

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      Richard Cubison

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      Roger Brierley

      Demetrius

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      Rupert Frazer

      Octavian

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      Seeta Indrani

      Maid

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      Shirin Taylor

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      Stephen Greif

      Demetrius

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      Sue Holderness

      Cleopatra, eldest daughter

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      Tony Caunter

      Achillas

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      Tony Osoba

      Marsyas

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      Colin Higgins

      Seleucus

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      Richard Bates

      Soldier / Servant

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      Helen Sparks

      Dancer

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      Steve Wilsher

      Assassin (uncredited)

    Current Season

    Miniseries

    1983 | 8 Episodes

    Miniseries of The Cleopatras premiered on Jan 19 1983

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Feb 23 2022
    Written by Philip Mackie, who also penned "The Caesars" (1968), I recall the furore at the time here in the UK when the BBC started showing "The Cleopatras". This eight-parter was accused of being a seedy, tawdry - and just about everything else pejorative - depiction of the Ptolomeic court in Alexandria that saw a multitude of women called Cleopatra rule Egypt. What those criticisms failed to acknowledge is that this is pretty much exactly how these depraved, incestuous individuals did behave. Mothers married sons, fathers their daughters - indeed it would have been quite possible for your mum...

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    Facts

    Status

    Ended

    Status

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    Type

    Miniseries

    Original Language

    English

    Keywords

    • miniseries
    • ancient egypt