The Serpent Queen

2022 - 2024

Medici Bitch

11th September 2022

Episode 1

Queen Catherine begins to tell the story of her life to Rahima, a servant girl, revealing how she came to enter the French Royal Court at the age of 14.

To War Rather Than to Bed

18th September 2022

Episode 2

Young Catherine begins to learn how to outwit the royal household in order to secure her future.

The Price

25th September 2022

Episode 3

Prince Henri returns from war with a new mistress, Filippa, and a baby. Catherine resorts to extreme measures to produce an heir.

A New Era

2nd October 2022

Episode 4

Catherine has become a mother. King Francis suffers a fall from his horse while hunting with Henri and Catherine.

The First Regency

9th October 2022

Episode 5

King Henri departs to lead an army to defend France and places Catherine in charge as Regent, allowing her to test her powers further. Catherine asks Rahima to search Mary's room for a letter.

The Last Joust

16th October 2022

Episode 6

Catherine has a dream that predicts that her husband will be wounded while jousting. Catherine and Henri decide that their son Francis should delay his wedding to Mary.

An Attack on the King

23rd October 2022

Episode 7

Mary visits Rahima and recounts her side of the story of life at the Royal Court. Catherine and Mary have conflicting views when it comes to freedom of religion in France.

A Queen Is Made

30th October 2022

Episode 8

The planned kidnapping of King Francis goes awry but Catherine devises a new plan to allow her control of the country.

Top Cast

Samantha Morton•Amrita Acharia•Barry Atsma

Considered an immigrant, common and plain, Catherine de Medici is married into the 16th century French court as an orphaned teenager expected to bring a fortune in dowry and produce many heirs, only to discover that her husband is in love with an older woman, her dowry is unpaid and she’s unable to concieve. Yet, only with her intelligence and determination, she manages to keep her marriage alive and masters the bloodsport that is the monarchy better than anyone else, ruling France for 50 years.

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Samantha Morton Image

Samantha Morton

Catherine de Medici

Amrita Acharia Image

Amrita Acharia

Aabis

Barry Atsma Image

Barry Atsma

Anne de Montmorency

Enzo Cilenti Image

Enzo Cilenti

Cosimo Ruggeri

Nicholas Burns Image

Nicholas Burns

Antoine de Bourbon

Danny Kirrane Image

Danny Kirrane

Louis de Bourbon

Bill Milner Image

Bill Milner

Charles IX

Full Crew

Leonie Frieda

Book

Erwin Stoff

Executive Producer

Francis Lawrence Image

Francis Lawrence

Executive Producer

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Justin Haythe

Executive Producer

Jimena Esteve

Set Decoration

Dan Weil

Production Design

Daran Fulham

Supervising Art Director

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