The Plot Thickens
Our sixth season is Cleopatra, a six-episode series about one of the most expensive and infamous movies ever made. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Cleopatra should have been a smash. Instead, it was a shoot plagued by medical emergencies, climate disasters, nervous breakdowns, and the most scandalous love affair to ever hit a movie set. Join host Ben Mankiewicz as he digs through his own family stories to understand how it turned out so badly for his Oscar-winning uncle. Cleopatra starts July 17.
Latest Episode
Ask Ben Your Cleopatra Questions! (26.08.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Wildly Successful and Much Maligned 21.08.2025
- Mankiewicz vs. Zanuck 14.08.2025
- Le Scandale 07.08.2025
- The Girl is on Salary 31.07.2025
- Joe 24.07.2025
- London Slog 17.07.2025
- Season 6 Trailer: Cleopatra 02.07.2025
- The Legend 18.07.2024
- The Mythmaker 11.07.2024
- Monument Valley 04.07.2024
- The Search 27.06.2024
- The Commander 20.06.2024
- The Araner 13.06.2024
- Go West, Young Man 06.06.2024
- Season 5 Trailer: Decoding John Ford 18.04.2024
- Introducing: Talking Pictures from TCM and Max 09.02.2024
- From American Masters: Creative Spark: John Waters on the Fine Art of Bad Taste 01.05.2023
- Bonus Episode: Donald Bogle and Racquel Gates 07.02.2023
- Bonus Episode: Bob Minor & Jadie David 24.01.2023
- Bonus Episode: Jacqueline Stewart 10.01.2023
