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The Search for Alexander the Great

The Search for Alexander the Great

1981

Friends, contemporaries and even enemies of Alexander the Great gather in a tent to tell his tale through their eyes.

Peter Sykes · Director

George Lefferts · Writer

Simon Raven · Writer

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateMay 6, 1981

Episodes

Actors

James Mason

James Mason

Narrator

Jane Lapotaire

Jane Lapotaire

Olympias

Robert Stephens

Robert Stephens

Darius of Persia

Julian Glover

Julian Glover

Philip II

Nicholas Clay

Nicholas Clay

Alexander

Ian Charleson

Ian Charleson

Hephaistion

Michael Williams

Michael Williams

Aristotle

Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne

Demosthenes

Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel Byrne

Ptolemy

Barry Stanton

Barry Stanton

Cleitus

Matthew Long

Attalus

Jack Klaff

Jack Klaff

Bagoas

Peter Porteous

Peter Porteous

Callisthenes

Justin Sykes

Young Alexander

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Similars

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