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The Borgias

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Plot

A a serial in ten parts on the lives of one of the most intriguing families in history.

Cast

Oliver Cotton as Cesare Borgia
Oliver Cotton

as Cesare Borgia

Maurice O'Connell as Michelotto
Maurice O'Connell

as Michelotto

Anne-Louise Lambert as Lucrezia Borgia
Anne-Louise Lambert

as Lucrezia Borgia

Louis Selwyn as Jofre Borgia
Louis Selwyn

as Jofre Borgia

Adolfo Celi as Rodrigo Borgia
Adolfo Celi

as Rodrigo Borgia

Ralph Nossek as Johann Burchard
Ralph Nossek

as Johann Burchard

Eleanor David as Sancia
Eleanor David

as Sancia

Barbara Shelley as Vannozza Canale
Barbara Shelley

as Vannozza Canale

Alfred Burke as Giuliano della Rovere
Alfred Burke

as Giuliano della Rovere

Carl Forgione as Giorgio
Carl Forgione

as Giorgio

Network

Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • October 14, 1981

Last Aired Date

  • December 16, 1981

Production Companies

    Type

    • Miniseries

    Number of Season

    • 1

    Number of Episodes

    • 10

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    The BBC took quite a few risks with this ten part dramatisation of the lives of the infamous Borgia family that dominated Vatican politics in the late 15th century. Aside from established "Bond" villain Adolfo Celi as patriarch Alexander VI, they avoided using a cast of familiar-faced actors to tell this story and it largely works. It starts with the death of Innocent VIII and takes us through th…

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    1981|10 Episodes

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