Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 282,788 playable programmes from the BBC

The Medici

Episode 3 - Bonfire of the Vanities

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

By Sian Ejiwunmi Le-Berre, starring Tom Cullen

Lorenzo the Magnificent has to try and stop the war with the Pope. To do it he will have to go alone to Naples to negotiate with King Ferrante - the most terrifying ruler in Europe. He would rather surround himself with Art and artists, but unexpected troubles are coming from the North too - the zealous monk Savonarola is determined to purge Florence of sin, which means the rich and all their baubles of beauty.. And the bank is in decline. Can he save anything for his dim witted successors? Will they even care?

Series created by Mike Walker

CAST

Lorenzo de' Medici - Tom Cullen
Lucrezia Tornabuoni - Sharon Morgan
Clarice Orsini - Abra Thompson
Savonarola - Matthew Gravelle
King Ferrante - Jonathon Forbes
Pope Innocent - Roger Ringrose
Leonardo da Vinci- Tom Kiteley
Botticelli - Hughie O' Donnell

Organ - Branwen Munn
Sound Design - Nigel Lewis and Catherine Robinson
Producer - John Norton

A BBC Audio Wales production Show less

Genres

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More