The Borgias

Apr 03, 2011 (en) Drama, Crime [50] Min
  • First Air Date
    Apr 03, 2011
  • Production
    Take 5 Productions, Octagon Films, Showtime Networks, Bell Media
  • Rotten tomato
    75%
  • Original title
    The Borgias
  • Release
    Apr 03, 2011
  • en
    -

Overview

Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Michael Hirst, Justin Falvey

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Jeremy Irons

    Rodrigo Borgia

  2. François Arnaud

    Cesare Borgia

  3. Holliday Grainger

    Lucrezia Borgia

  4. Joanne Whalley

    Vanozza Cattaneo

  5. Colm Feore

    Giuliano Della Rovere

  6. Peter Sullivan

    Cardinal Ascanio Sforza

  7. Sean Harris

    Micheletto

  8. Lotte Verbeek

    Giulia Farnese

  9. Thure Lindhardt

    Rufio

  10. Vernon Dobtcheff

    Cardinal Versucci

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 10 / Crews : 7

Specials ( 2011-03-31)

The Borgias: The Original Crime Family

Episode: 1

Season 1 ( 2011-04-03)

Pope Innocent VIII dies. Rodrigo Borgia wins election as Pope Alexander VI by bribing enough of the cardinals to vote for him in conclave. Alexander "packs" the College of Cardinals with 13 new members, including his son Cesare. He then tries to contract an alliance with the powerful family of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, one of his two original rivals for the Papacy. That alliance, ever fragile, breaks after Alexander's other rival, Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere (the future Pope Julius II), contracts his own alliance with the King of France for an invasion of Italy.

The Poisoned Chalice

Episode: 1

The Assassin

Episode: 2

The Moor

Episode: 3

Lucrezia's Wedding

Episode: 4

The Borgias in Love

Episode: 5

The French King

Episode: 6

Death, on a Pale Horse

Episode: 7

The Art of War

Episode: 8

Nessuno (Nobody)

Episode: 9

Season 2 ( 2012-04-08)

Having survived the French invasion with his Papacy intact (just barely), Alexander VI containues to advance his agenda. But the Sforza family continues to thwart him, leading him to make physical war upon them. Nor has Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere given up trying to rid the Vatican of Alexander. Having failed to depose the Pope legally, Cardinal della Rovere plots to assassinate him.

The Borgia Bull

Episode: 1

Paolo

Episode: 2

The Beautiful Deception

Episode: 3

Stray Dogs

Episode: 4

The Choice

Episode: 5

Day of Ashes

Episode: 6

The Siege at Forli

Episode: 7

Truth and Lies

Episode: 8

World of Wonders

Episode: 9

The Confession

Episode: 10

Season 3 ( 2013-04-14)

Alexander VI survives Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere's assassination attempt, because his daughter Lucrezia knows how to treat catarella poisoning. Alexander's war with the Sforza family continues and escalates. Alexander now plots to turn the Papacy into an explicitly hereditary office.

The Face of Death

Episode: 1

The Purge

Episode: 2

Siblings

Episode: 3

The Banquet of Chestnuts

Episode: 4

The Wolf and the Lamb

Episode: 5

Relics

Episode: 6

Lucrezia's Gambit

Episode: 7

Tears of Blood

Episode: 8

The Gunpowder Plot

Episode: 9

The Prince

Episode: 10
Apr 03, 2011 (en)
Drama, Crime
[50] Min
  • First Air Date Apr 03, 2011
  • Production
    Take 5 Productions, Octagon Films, Showtime Networks, Bell Media
  • Rotten tomato 75%
Original Title The Borgias
en

Overview

Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Michael Hirst, Justin Falvey

    Producer