Series
Cleopatra
- Creator
- Franc Roddam
- Year
- 1999
Cleopatra, the famed Egyptian Queen born in 69 B.C., is shown to have been brought by Roman ruler Julius Caesar at age 18. Caesar becomes sexually obsessed by the 18 year old queen, beds her, and eventually has a son by her. However, his Roman followers and his wife are not pleased by the union. In fact, as Caesar has only a daughter by his wife, he had picked Octavian as his successor.
Episodes
Top cast
Leonor Varela
Cleopatra
Billy Zane
Marc Antony
Timothy Dalton
Julius Caesar
Rupert Graves
Octavian
John Bowe
Rufio
Owen Teale
Grattius
Sean Pertwee
Marcus Brutus
David Schofield
Casca
Ralph Brown
Guevarius
James Cosmo
Agrippa
Nadim Sawalha
Mardian
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh
Octavia
Ace Bhatti
Sceptical Citizen
Richard Armitage
Epiphanes
Art Malik
Olympos
Caroline Langrishe
Calpurnia
Created by
Franc Roddam
Directed by
Franc Roddam
Written by
Margaret George, Stephen Harrigan
Produced by
Dyson Lovell
