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.

TV & Film
Film History
1
Ben Answers Your Cleopatra Questions
38 min
2
Ask Ben Your Cleopatra Questions!
1 min
3
Wildly Successful and Much Maligned
44 min
4
Mankiewicz vs. Zanuck
43 min
5
Le Scandale
44 min
6
The Girl is on Salary
48 min
7
Joe
53 min
8
London Slog
48 min
9
Season 6 Trailer: Cleopatra
3 min
10
The Legend
59 min
11
The Mythmaker
47 min
12
Monument Valley
49 min
13
The Search
48 min
14
The Commander
40 min
15
The Araner
52 min
16
Go West, Young Man
49 min
17
Season 5 Trailer: Decoding John Ford
4 min
18
Introducing: Talking Pictures from TCM and Max
49 min
19
From American Masters: Creative Spark: John Wat...
16 min
20
Bonus Episode: Donald Bogle and Racquel Gates
26 min
21
Bonus Episode: Bob Minor & Jadie David
15 min
22
Bonus Episode: Jacqueline Stewart
30 min
23
Bonus Episode: Quentin Tarantino
33 min
24
Ms. Jackie Brown
47 min
25
I’m Gonna Die For Paul Newman
49 min