The Plot Thickens
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The Plot Thickens is a tv podcast hosted by TCM. It has 71 episodes, with the latest published September 2025.
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.
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Ben Answers Your Cleopatra Questions
Ask Ben Your Cleopatra Questions!
Wildly Successful and Much Maligned
Mankiewicz vs. Zanuck
Le Scandale
The Girl is on Salary
Joe
London Slog
Season 6 Trailer: Cleopatra
The Legend
The Mythmaker
Monument Valley
The Search
The Commander
The Araner
Go West, Young Man
Season 5 Trailer: Decoding John Ford
Introducing: Talking Pictures from TCM and Max
From American Masters: Creative Spark: John Waters on the Fine Art of Bad Taste
Bonus Episode: Donald Bogle and Racquel Gates
Bonus Episode: Bob Minor & Jadie David
Bonus Episode: Jacqueline Stewart
Bonus Episode: Quentin Tarantino
Ms. Jackie Brown
I’m Gonna Die For Paul Newman
Looking Good
Bonus: Pam Grier in Italy
The Queen of Blaxploitation
An Actor Prepares
I'm Not From Here
The Black West
Season 4 Trailer: Here Comes Pam
From Revisionist History: Star Struck
Bonus Episode: J.K. Simmons
Bonus Episode: Carol Burnett, Kate Flannery and Kate Micucci
Bonus Episode: Aaron Sorkin
Bonus Episode: Lucie Arnaz
Twilight
Boss Lady
The End of Desilu
Red Scare
I Love Lucy
Desilu
Desi
Hollywood
New York City
Jamestown
Season 3 Trailer: Lucy
The Devil’s Candy Bonus Episode
You’ve Got to be a Genius to Make a Movie This Bad
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