Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty

2024 - 2024

Rise

2nd December 2024

Episode 1

Michelangelo and Leonardo struggle to make their reputations in the brutal world of Renaissance Italy, as both must play a high-stakes game to win favour.

Rivalry

9th December 2024

Episode 2

Against a backdrop of political upheaval in Florence, Michelangelo and Leonardo jostle for artistic supremacy. But the arrival of the young prodigy Raphael threatens both men.

Redemption

16th December 2024

Episode 3

Michelangelo’s rivalry with Raphael reaches new heights in Rome, while a violent religious schism engulfs Europe and makes the artist question everything.

Top Cast

Charles Dance•Sophie Okonedo•Eddie Mann

Director

Emma Frank

Drama Documentary War & Politics

The greatest art works of all time - born of war and bloodshed - as rival artists Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael compete to craft beauty from chaos. Starring Charles Dance.

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Full Cast

Charles Dance

Old Michaelangelo

Sophie Okonedo

Self - Narrator

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Eddie Mann

Michelangelo

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Jonny Glynn

Leonardo da Vinci

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Joshua Duffy

Raphael

Full Crew

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Emma Frank

Director

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Richard Pearson

Producer

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Eddie Knox

Producer

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Jerry Brotton

Creative Consultant

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Alexander Leith

Executive Producer

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