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.

Cast & crew

P

Philip Mackie

Creator

J

John Frankau

Director

Michelle Newell

Cleopatra

Graham Crowden

Theodotus

Richard Griffiths

Pot Belly

Robert Hardy

Julius Caesar

Christopher Neame

Mark Antony

Shirin Taylor

Charmian

Elizabeth Shepherd

Cleopatra, the Mother

Pauline Moran

Cleopatra Berenike

Amanda Boxer

Cleopatra Tryphaena

P

Prue Clarke

Cleopatra Selene

Francesca Gonshaw

Arsinoe

James Aubrey

Grypus

Ian McNeice

Alexander

David Horovitch

Chickpea

Geoffrey Chater

Perigenes

F

Frank Duncan

Ammonius

Tony Osoba

Marsyas

Morris Perry

General Chaereas

Sue Holderness

Cleopatra, the Eldest Daughter

Emily Richard

Cleopatra Tryphaena

Seasons

8 episodes

Miniseries1983 · 8 episodes