The Borgias

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The Borgias (1981)

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

Series Cast

Oliver Cotton

Cesare Borgia

10 Episodes
Maurice O'Connell

Michelotto

10 Episodes
Anne-Louise Lambert

Lucrezia Borgia

10 Episodes
Louis Selwyn

Jofre Borgia

10 Episodes
Adolfo Celi

Rodrigo Borgia

10 Episodes
Ralph Nossek

Johann Burchard

10 Episodes
Eleanor David

Sancia

10 Episodes
Barbara Shelley

Vannozza Canale

10 Episodes
Alfred Burke

Giuliano della Rovere

10 Episodes
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Miniseries

1981 • 10 Episodes

Season 1 of The Borgias premiered on October 14, 1981.

Part 10

(1x10, December 16, 1981) Season Finale

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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 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... read the rest.

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