< 145 BC (1983)

EPISODE 1.1 (The Cleopatras) | 50m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 6.3 (10)

Biography, Drama, History, War | Alexandria, 145 BC. On the death of her husband, Queen Cleopatra has to marry her brother, the infamous Pot Belly, to secure her throne. Pot Belly, however, takes a fancy to his step-daughter, the younger Cleopatra. They rule as an uneasy triumvirate. In the power struggle that ensues, both sides play a devastating trump card.

• Director: John Frankau
• Writer: Gwyneth Learner
• Writer: Richard Learner
• Writer: Philip Mackie
• Elizabeth Shepherd (47) - Cleopatra, the Mother
• Michelle Newell (32) - Cleopatra, the Daughter // Cleopatra, the Young Girl
• Richard Griffiths (36) - Pot Belly
• Gary Carp (19) - Eupator
• Sadik Soussi - Memphites
• Natasha Knight (10) - Pot Belly's daughter
• Geoffrey Whitehead (44) - Scipio Africanus
• Frank Gatliff (56) - Posidonius
• Charles Hodgson (56) - Thermus
• Graham Crowden (61) - Theodotus
• Brian Oulton (75) - Aristarchus
• Harold Kasket (57) - Onias
• Tony Osoba (36) - Marsyas
• Owen Holder (62) - Counsellor
• Jeffrey Gardiner (56) - Official
• Sherril Keller - Handmaiden
• Marcia Tucker - Nursemaid
• Derek Deadman (43) - Henchman
• Peter J. Cassell - Messenger
• Errol Shaker (34) - Mob Leader