The Borgias

The Borgias is the Showtime historical fiction TV series which is based on the lives of the infamous Borgia family. Showtime brings viewers inside the saga of the legendary Borgian dynasty, showing one of the most remarkable families in history. Outsiders from Spain, the Borgia family became powerful and established in 15th century Renaissance Italy. The Patriarch, Rodrigo Borgia (Jeremy Irons), used bribery, extortion, blackmail, and even murder to get what he wanted, eventually becoming the pope, the most respected position in the Western world. We join the story on the even of the death of Pope Innocent VIII, as politicians are battling over who will become the next pope, a position usually exclusive to rich, powerful, ancient Italian families. Rodrigo Borgia is a Cardinal who is an outsider from Spain, and seems like a long shot for the position. Borgia uses whatever he needs to do to get to the position of power, and gains quite a few rivals along the way. Rodrigo is joined by his sons Cesare (Francois Arnaud), Juan (David Oakes), and Joffre (Aidan Alexander), his daughter Lucrezia (Holliday Grainger), mistress Vanozza (Joanne Whalley), and mother of his children Giulia Farnese (Lotte Verbeek). See the sexy and scandalous drama of the powerful family in Showtime's The Borgias. MORE