The Cleopatras

"The Cleopatras" is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1983.

The eight-part serial was a historical drama set in ancient Egypt and charted the ruling dynasty of the Cleopatras. Intended to be the "I, Claudius" of the 1980s, "The Cleopatras" met with a decidedly mixed critical reaction.

The production was written by Philip Mackie, directed by John Frankau and produced by Guy Slater.

Cast

{|! colspan="2" style="background-color:silver;" | The Cleopatras
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Cleopatra I/Cleopatra VII || Michelle Newell
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Cleopatra II || Elizabeth Shepherd
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Cleopatra Thea || Caroline Mortimer
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Cleopatra Selene || Prue Clarke
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Cleopatra IV || Sue Holderness
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Cleopatra Berenike || Pauline Moran
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Cleopatra Tryphaena || Amanda Boxer
-! colspan="2" style="background-color:silver;" | Other characters
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PotBelly || Richard Griffiths
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Julius Caesar || Robert Hardy
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Mark Antony || Christopher Neame
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Chickpea || David Horovitch
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Demetrius || Stephen Greif
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Ptolemy XIV || Daniel Beales
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Grypus || James Aubrey
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Servant || Jonathan Adam-Baker
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Roman Soldier || Martin Anthony
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Octavia || Karen Archer
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Sophron || John Arnatt
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Dancer || Maureen Bacchus
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Flautist || Adam Bareham
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Servant / Soldier || Richard Bates
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Irene || Lois Baxter
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Ptolemy XIV || Lauren Beales
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Philocles || John Bennett
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Citizen || Hugh Beverton
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Rufinius || Trevor Bowen
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Demetrius || Roger Brierley
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Dancer || Tony Britts
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Ventidus || David Buck
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Officer || Trevor Butler
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Gnaeus Pompey || Phillip Cade
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Guard Commander || Burt Caesar
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Eupator || Gary Carp
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Canidius || Anthony Carrick
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Servant-in-charge || Patrick Carter
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Messenger || P. J. Cassell
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Achillas || Tony Caunter
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Perigenes || Geoffrey Chater
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Theodotus || Graham Crowden
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Roman Matron || Jennifer Croxton
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High Priest || Richard Cubison
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Officer || Roger Davenport
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Timotheus || Anthony Dawes
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Henchman || Derek Deadman
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Diomedes || Peter Dennis
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Roman soldier || Fraser Downie
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Flavius || Keith Drinkel
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Ammonius || Frank Duncan
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Amyntas || Paul Easom
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Appollodorus || Graham Faulkner
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Dancer || Anthea Ferrell
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Roman Matron || Rosemary Frankau
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Octavian || Rupert Frazer
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Butler || Derek Fuke
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Official || Jeffrey Gardiner
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Sergeant || Michael Gardiner
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Posidonius || Frank Gatliff
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Seleucus || Nicholas Geake
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Arsinoe || Francesca Gonshaw
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Servant/ Soldier || Gavin Harding
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Iras || Carol Harrison
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Roman Matron || Phyllida Hewat
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Achoreus || Arthur Hewlett
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Seleucus || Colin Higgins
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Messenger || David Hobbs
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Thermus || Charles Hodgson
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Counsellor || Owen Holder
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Munatius Plancus || John Hughes
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Captain || Michael Hughes
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Maid || Seeta Indrani
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Cato || Godfrey James
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Candius || Michael Jayes
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Dancer || Dinah Jones
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Guard || Ray Jones
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Onias || Harold Kasket
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Handmaiden || Sherril Keller
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Roman Matron || Freda Knorr
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Counsellor || Stephen Lawrence
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Mardan || Nigel Lea-Jones
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Ahenobarbus || Matthew Long
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Executioner || Ian Longmur
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Alexander Zebinas || Donald MacIver
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Athenaeus || Phillip Manikum
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Criton || Jack May
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Alexandwe || Ian McNeice
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Quintus Dellius || John Moffatt
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Marsyas || Tony Osoba
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Fonteius Capito || Roger Ostime
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Aristrachus || Brian Oulton
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General Chaeteas || Morris Perry
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Lucullus || Donald Pickering
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Lycon || Nigel Plaskitt
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Archelaus || Graham Pountney
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Alexander the Younger || David Purcell
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Memmius || Roy Purcell
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Geminius || Martyn Read
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Pothinius || John Ringham
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Hermes || David Rowlands
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Pythagoras || John Savident
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Cyzicenus || Granville Saxton
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Ptolemy || Graham Seed
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Memphites || Sadik Soussi
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Charmian || Shirin Taylor
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Sextus || Patrick Troughton
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Dancer || Norma Vee
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Dion || Ewart James Walters
Gabinius || Moray Watson
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Bolis || Arthur White
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Scipio Africanus || Geoffrey Whitehead
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Cicero || Manning Wilson

External links

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* [http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/cleopatras.htm Television Heaven]