Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.
cast
Jeremy Irons as Rodrigo Borgia
Holliday Grainger as Lucrezia Borgia
François Arnaud as Cesare Borgia
Joanne Whalley as Vanozza Cattaneo
Colm Feore as Giuliano Della Rovere
Sean Harris as Micheletto
Lotte Verbeek as Giulia Farnese
Ruta Gedmintas as
Simon McBurney as
Thure Lindhardt as Rufio
Peter Sullivan as Cardinal Ascanio Sforza
Vernon Dobtcheff as Cardinal Versucci
Jemima West as Vittoria
production info
First Air Date: April 3rd, 2011
Last Air Date: June 16th, 2013
Genre: Drama
Country: USA – Hungary
Network: Showtime
Producers: Michael Hirst, Justin Falvey
Executive Producers: Neil Jordan, James Flynn, Sheila Hockin, John Weber
Number of Seasons: 3
Number of Episodes: 29
