Series · Crime, Drama
The Borgias (2011)Season 1
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.
- Creator
- Neil Jordan
- Writers
- Neil Jordan, Guy Burt, David Leland
- Network
- Showtime
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- First aired
- April 3, 2011
- Status
- Canceled
Cast
Jeremy IronsRodrigo Borgia
François ArnaudCesare Borgia
Holliday GraingerLucrezia Borgia
Peter SullivanCardinal Ascanio Sforza
Sean HarrisMicheletto
Joanne WhalleyVanozza Cattaneo
Colm FeoreGiuliano Della Rovere
Lotte VerbeekGiulia Farnese
Vernon DobtcheffCardinal Versucci
Bosco Hogan
David OakesJuan Borgia
Gina McKeeCaterina Sforza
David AlpayCalvino
Sebastian de SouzaAlfonso of Aragon
Julian BleachNiccolo Machiavelli
Thure LindhardtRufio
Ronan VibertGiovanni Sforza
Ruta GedmintasUrsula Bonadeo
Steven BerkoffGirolamo Savonarola
Luke PasqualinoPaolo
Episodes
0/9 watched- Episode 1: The Poisoned Chalice50 min · Apr 3, 2011
- Episode 2: The Assassin52 min · Apr 3, 2011
- Episode 3: The Moor53 min · Apr 10, 2011
- Episode 4: Lucrezia's Wedding58 min · Apr 17, 2011
- Episode 5: The Borgias in Love53 min · Apr 24, 2011
- Episode 6: The French King53 min · May 1, 2011
- Episode 7: Death, on a Pale Horse52 min · May 8, 2011
- Episode 8: The Art of War51 min · May 15, 2011
- Episode 9: Nessuno (Nobody)48 min · May 22, 2011
