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The Cleopatras
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.
- Status
- Ended
- Type
- Miniseries
- Last aired
- 1983-02-23
- Language
- English
BBC Two
- cleopatra
- miniseries
- period drama
- ancient egypt
- historical drama
- 4th century
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Air dates
- First aired
- 1983-01-19
- Latest episode
- 1983-02-23
- Status
- Ended
- Next release
- Completed
- Miniseries19 Jan 1983
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CinemaSerf
2/23/2022
Written by Philip Mackie, who also penned "The Caesars" (1968), I recall the furore at the time here in the UK when the BBC started showing "The Cleopatras". This eight-parter was accused of being a seedy, tawdry - and just about everything else pejorative - depiction of the Ptolomeic court in Alexandria that saw a multitude of women called Cleopatra rule Egypt. What those criticisms failed to acknowledge is that thi…
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