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Jan 1983 - Feb 1983
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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145 BC
S1 Ep1
1.0
19th Jan 1983
Ptolemy VIII, known as Pot Belly, takes control. A vengeful mother has the support of the mob - and persuades Rome she can be just as good a friend as Potbelly. In revenge Pot Belly sends a very special present.
128 BC
S1 Ep2
26th Jan 1983
Greek Pharoah Pot Belly shows himself to be one of the few men to better the Cleopatras of his family.
115 BC
S1 Ep3
2nd Feb 1983
On his deathbed, Pot Belly stages his greatest practical joke -leaving a will gleefully designed to cause mayhem. It works. Chickpea becomes king against Cleopatra's wishes. However, Cleopatra turns the mob against him, leaving her free to invite her favourite son, Alexander, to share the throne with her. She gets more than she bargained for.
100 BC
S1 Ep4
9th Feb 1983
Berenike plots to get rid of her drunken husband Alexander. Chickpea reclaims the throne and Berenike's ambition is realised when he makes her joint monarch. However, his death leaves a dangerous power vacuum - and Rome is now taking a more than friendly interest.
80 BC
S1 Ep5
16th Feb 1983
For all his eccentricity, Fluter sees clearly that Rome is the true source of all power, and he sets off on an extended royal visit, dispensing large sums of money to bribe both Caesar and the Senate to back him. The Egyptians, furious at this subservience, depose him in his absence and make his wife, Cleopatra Tryphaena, and his daughter, Berenike, joint monarchs. But the illegitimate Fluter has enough Ptolemy blood not to let go easily.
51 BC
S1 Ep6
23rd Feb 1983
The youngest and most notorious of the Cleopatras, now 18, becomes joint ruler with her brother Ptolemy. Civil war breaks out. It is only the arrival of Julius Caesar that makes a solution possible. Cleopatra and Caesar become lovers. She believes she has found the man to help her realise her ambition to rule the world.
46 BC
S1 Ep7
2nd Mar 1982
Cleopatra gives birth to Julius Caesar's son and takes him to republican Rome to persuade Caesar to declare himself King - with her son as heir.
35 BC
S1 Ep8
9th Mar 1982
Mark Anthony's insatiable passion for Cleopatra saps his military judgement.
The first episode of The Cleopatras aired on January 19, 1983.
The last episode of The Cleopatras aired on February 23, 1983.
There are 8 episodes of The Cleopatras.
There is one season of The Cleopatras.
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