In 41 BC, a man and a woman meet on a boat in the Mediterranean.  They start an affair that ends in both their deaths.  The affair lasts for 11 years, brings about the end of one Empire and very nearly overwhelms another ...

Dramatic reconstruction and testimony from the world’s leading experts sheds new light on Antony and Cleopatra’s story revealing the political underpinning of the great romantic tale we all think we know.