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The Borgias (1981)

First aired October 14, 198155m/ep1 season · 10 epsEnded
8.0

2 votes

Overview

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

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Status

Ended

Language

English

Type

Miniseries

Last Air Date

December 16, 1981

Networks

BBC Two

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CinemaSerf

7.0

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 the machinations of the electoral college which serves well to introduces to the other players: sons Cesare (Oliver Cotton) and Jofre (Louis Selwyn) and daughter Lucrezia (Anne-Louise Lambert) as well as…

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