Cleopatra (Radio Edit)

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 10.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Shushma Malik and comedian Thanyia Moore to learn about Cleopatra.

Cleopatra – the seventh Ancient Egyptian Queen to bear that name – was born around 69 BCE and she’s seen by many historians as the final ruler of dynastic Egypt; a lineage that stretched back 3,000 years.

From marrying and murdering her siblings to liaisons of love and political pragmatism with top Romans Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, Cleopatra led a very turbulent life. But when we strip back the modern myths and ancient interpretations, who was the real Cleopatra?

This is a radio edit of the original podcast episode. For the full-length version, please look further back in the feed.

Research by Aimee Hinds Scott Written by Emma Nagouse, Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow and Greg Jenner Produced by Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Assistant Producer: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow Project Management: Isla Matthews Audio Producer: Steve Hankey

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0:35.0	Hello and welcome to You Dead to Me, the Radio 4 Comedy Podcasts that takes history seriously.
0:42.0	My name is Greg Jenner and a public historian
0:44.7	author and broadcaster and today we are taking a pleasure cruise down the Nile and plunging
0:49.6	into the life and afterlife of one of history's most famous women.
0:53.6	That's right, it's Cleopatra coming at you.
0:55.8	And to help us, we have two very special guests.
0:58.6	In History Corner, she's assistant professor of classics
1:01.1	and the Anassiz Classics Fellow at Newnham College University of Cambridge.
1:05.0	She specializes in the politics of Imperial Rome and Classical Reception Studies and you may remember
1:09.8	her from our episode on the rise of Julius Caesar, sorry Julius Kaiser,
1:14.1	it's Dr Shushma Malick, welcome back Shushma.
1:16.4	Hi Greg, it's lovely to be here, thanks for having me back again.
1:19.4	And in Comedy Corner, she's an award-winning comedian, actor, writer, and presenter.
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