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The Cleopatras

BBC Two Ended Drama History

1 Season · 8 Episodes · Premiered July 30, 2006 · Ended March 9, 1982

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

8 episodes

E01

145 BC

Tue, Jan 19 1982 12:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

E02

128 BC

Tue, Jan 26 1982 12:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

E03

115 BC

Tue, Feb 2 1982 12:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

E04

100 BC

Wed, Feb 9 1983 12:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

E05

80 BC

Wed, Feb 16 1983 12:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

E06

51 BC

Wed, Feb 23 1983 12:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

E07

46 BC

Tue, Mar 2 1982 12:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

E08

35 BC

Tue, Mar 9 1982 12:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Cast

Robert Hardy

Robert Hardy as Julius Caesar

Michelle Newell

Michelle Newell as Cleopatra

Sue Holderness

Sue Holderness as Cleopatra

Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths as Pot Belly

Ian McNeice

Ian McNeice as Alexander

John Savident

John Savident as Pythagoras

Graham Crowden

Graham Crowden as Theodotus

Pauline Moran

Pauline Moran as Cleopatra Berenike

Francesca Gonshaw

Francesca Gonshaw as Arsinoe

Elizabeth Shepherd

Elizabeth Shepherd as Cleopatra, the mother

Carol Harrison

Carol Harrison as Iras

Shirin Taylor

Shirin Taylor as Charmian

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