Borgias telly series

[carmen_lj]

So not very long ago I was whinging about the Lack of Lovely Historical Telly and I've only just discovered that, in fact, I need not have worried! A new series about the Borgias is going to be out next year! And just incase its mere existence was not enough to bring me Great Joy, Derek Jacobi's going to be in it! (Also, Jeremy Irons and Montserrat Lombard, hurrah!) Am RIDICULOUSLY EXCITED.

Comments

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Ooh. Excited too! (Though always with a qualm of Are They Going To Get Their History Right.) Renaissance intrigues + character actors = win, though.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

I'm okay with them being a bit fudgey with Historical Accuracies, and there's a lot of stuff about the Borgias that's pretty uncertain anyway. I suspect they'll probably skip Lucretia being 13 at her first marriage though.