TV Show Details
Air Date:January 19th, 1983
Last Air Date:February 23rd, 1983
Network:BBC Two
Status:Ended
Genres:Drama
Original Language:English
Production Companies:BBC
The Cleopatras (1983)
TV ShowBBC Two
Miniseries
Audience Score
StarringMichelle Newell
Plot
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.
