The Borgias
A a serial in ten parts on the lives of one of the most intriguing families in history.
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S1 E10 • 12/16/1981
Part 10
Although Cesare has failed in his attempt to poison his old rival, Cardinal Rovere, he believes he can control the new Pope Pius III. But Pius' reign is rapidly cut short.
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Oliver Cotton
Cesare Borgia
Maurice O'Connell
Michelotto
Anne-Louise Lambert
Lucrezia Borgia
Louis Selwyn
Jofre Borgia
Adolfo Celi
Rodrigo Borgia
Ralph Nossek
Johann Burchard
Eleanor David
Sancia
Barbara Shelley
Vannozza Canale
Alfred Burke
Giuliano della Rovere
Carl Forgione
Giorgio
Clive Merrison
Ascanio Sforza
Martin Potter
Paolo Orsini
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See all on TMDBThe 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…