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The Search for Alexander the Great - Season 1

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

Top Cast

  • 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

Overview

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

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