The Cleopatras(1983)
Drama
First Air Date: 1983-01-19
Average Runtime: 50m
Rating: 3.8
Votes: 4
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
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.
Keywords
cleopatraminiseriesperiod dramaancient egypthistorical drama4th century
Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
Episodes: 8E01
145 BC
Air Date: 1983-01-19
Ptolemy VIII, known as Pot Belly, takes control. A vengeful mother has the support of the mob - and persuades Rome sh...
E02
128 BC
Air Date: 1983-01-26
Greek Pharoah Pot Belly shows himself to be one of the few men to better the Cleopatras of his family.
E03
115 BC
Air Date: 1983-02-02
On his deathbed, Pot Belly stages his greatest practical joke -leaving a will gleefully designed to cause mayhem. It ...
E04
100 BC
Air Date: 1983-02-09
Berenike plots to get rid of her drunken husband Alexander. Chickpea reclaims the throne and Berenike's ambition is r...
E05
80 BC
Air Date: 1983-02-16
For all his eccentricity, Fluter sees clearly that Rome is the true source of all power, and he sets off on an extend...
E06
51 BC
Air Date: 1983-02-23
The youngest and most notorious of the Cleopatras, now 18, becomes joint ruler with her brother Ptolemy. Civil war br...
E07
46 BC
Air Date: 1982-03-02
Cleopatra gives birth to Julius Caesar's son and takes him to republican Rome to persuade Caesar to declare himself K...
E08
35 BC
Air Date: 1982-03-09
Mark Anthony's insatiable passion for Cleopatra saps his military judgement.
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