Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Alessandro | 20240128 | By Catherine Johnson. Alessandro de Medici, known as The Moor, was the first hereditary Medici duke. He was popular with the Florentine people but his cousins Ippolito and Lorenzino never forgave him for taking up what they felt was Ippolito's birth right. It was only a matter of time before the assassination attempts would succeed. Alessandro was murdered in somebody else's bed, aged 26. CAST Alessandro de Medici- Elliott Barnes-Worrell Lorenzino de Medici- Sion Daniel Young Ippolito de Medici - Jacob Ifan Taddea Malaspina - Kiran Sonia Sawar Simonetta da Collevecchio - Marsha Millar Giorgio Vasari - Nico Pimparé Emperor Charles V - Michael Bertenshaw Margaret - Kitty O'Sullivan Scoronconcolo - Tyler Cameron Strozzi - John Lightbody Young Alessandro - Hardy Yusuf Young Ippolito - Huw Huckstep Series 2 begins with Alessandro, the Black Prince of Florence, by Catherine Johnson. Series 2 of The Medici begins with the story of Alessandro, the Black Prince of Florence, by Catherine Johnson. With Elliott Barnes-Worrell, Jacob Ifan and Sion Daniel Young. |
| 02 | Catherine | 20240204 | By Mike Walker Catherine de Medici, orphaned within weeks of her birth, raised in a nunnery, and sold into a political marriage, becomes the dauphine of France, but her husband is in love with Diane de Poitiers and she is struggling to become pregnant. CAST Catherine de Medici - Catrin Aaron Silvestri - Julian Lewis Jones Diane de Poitiers - Juliette Aubrey Prince Henri - Arthur Hughes King Francis - Aneirin Hughes Guise - Joel MacCormack Nurse - Heather Craney Ippolito de Medici - Jacob Ifan Pope Clement - Arwel Gruffydd Young Catherine - Grace Nettle Catherine de Medici, a fearless orphan raised in a nunnery becomes future queen of France. By Mike Walker. Catherine de Medici, orphaned, raised in a nunnery, and sold into a political marriage, becomes the dauphine of France. With Catrin Aaron and Julian Lewis Jones. |
| 03 | Blood On The Streets | 20240211 | By Mike Walker Catherine de Medici, orphaned within weeks of her birth, was raised in a nunnery, then sold into a political marriage in the French House of Valois. Her husband is now King Henri II and Catherine has secured her position by producing an heir, but religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics is on the rise across Europe, and when Henri dies it is left to Catherine to try to hold together the bundle of sticks that is France. CAST Catherine de Medici - Catrin Aaron Silvestri - Julian Lewis Jones Diane de Poitiers - Juliette Aubrey King Henri II - Arthur Hughes Guise - Joel MacCormack Nurse - Heather Craney Isabelle - Nia Gandhi Coligny - Ian Dunnett Jnr Le Conde - Matthew Bulgo Cardinal Guise - Tom Mumford Margot - Poppy Almond Catherine is now queen of France, with an heir, but religious conflict is on the rise. By Mike Walker. Catherine is now queen of France, with an heir, but religious conflict is on the rise. With Catrin Aaron and Julian Lewis Jones. |