The Borgias (1981)

Genre

drama

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 10 episodes

Rating

8.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The Borgias follows the rise of Rodrigo Borgia as Pope Alexander VI in the 1490s and 1500s. It focuses on his power-hungry son Cesare and his daughter Lucrezia as they navigate politics, schemes, and brutal conflicts.

historicalintriguedramaticstatelyviolentambitioussomberfamily-driven

What happens

The Borgias is a British television drama serial produced by the BBC in 1981, in association with the Second Network of the Italian broadcaster RAI. The series, produced by Mark Shivas, was set in Italy during the late 15th and early 16th centuries and told the story of Rodrigo Borgia (played by Adolfo Celi) – the future Pope Alexander VI – and his family, including his son Cesare (Oliver Cotton) and daughter Lucrezia (Anne Louise Lambert). The 10 episodes follow events from 1492 when Rodrigo is elected pope and concludes in 1507 with Cesare's violent death. Despite high ratings, the programme was not a critical success, with many commentators focusing on Celi's accented English and making invidious comparisons with ITV's high-profile competitor Brideshead Revisited. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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