THE BORGIAS

Continuing the superb saga, The Borgias on M-Net, the next episode on September 13 at 21h05 is titled The French King.

With Giovanni confined to bed by his injury, Lucrezia is free to enjoy a passionate relationship with the strapping stable boy Paolo. Meanwhile, Cesare’s affair with Ursula crashes onto the rocks when she discovers that he killed her husband. Despite his heartfelt pleas that he was doing it for her, she resolves to join a nunnery.

Della Rovere has reached France and made an offer: invade Italy, depose Alexander, engineer my accession to Pope, and I’ll support your claim to Naples. France’s King Charles – a plain-speaking professional soldier – is poised to accept.