The ruthless Rodrigo Borgia intends to become Pope and will not let anything stand in his way.The ruthless Rodrigo Borgia intends to become Pope and will not let anything stand in his way.The ruthless Rodrigo Borgia intends to become Pope and will not let anything stand in his way.
- Nominated for 3 BAFTA Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total
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- TriviaThe BBC intended the series to be the I, Claudius (1976) of the 1980s. However, it was poorly received and negatively compared to Brideshead Revisited (1981), which was broadcast concurrently on ITV. The Cleopatras (1983), the BBC's next attempt to create a new I, Claudius (1976), was similarly unsuccessful.
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I admit I saw this over 25 years ago but recall it wasn't very good. I do remember a scene where the Italian actor playing the Pope Alexander VI (Adolfo Celi) shouted he wanted to see 'Nipples' - but it could well have been 'Naples'. I think it was the former as there was an orgy going on at the time. This series tried to be like 'I Claudius, but lacked focus (and good writing !) and wasn't repeated . In fact the BBC who made this also made the 'The Cleopatras' - which I think was even worse !! It will be interesting to see if there is a change with the Scarlett Johansson/Colin Farrell version which is to go into production soon.
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