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