- Title: Night Show,The Face To Face With Lucretia Borgia
- Date: 25th October 1994
- Summary: LUCREZIA BORGIA, ONE OF THE MOST GLAMOROUS WOMEN OF RENAISSANCE ITALY, AND MEMBER OF THE INFAMOUS BORGIA FAMILY, WAS SURROUNDED BY MORE SCANDALS THAN MOST PEOPLE HAVE HAD PIZZA NAPOLITANA. THE NIGHT SHOW, BRINGS LUCREZIA TO THE STUDIO, ALONG WITH HER GUARDIAN POET, PIETRO BEMBO, IN ORDER TO GRILL HER OVER HER ROLE AS A PATRON OF THE ARTS. WHEN THE 'FEAST OF THE GODS' - A PAINTING SHE COMMSSIONED FROM BELLINI IS UNVEILED IN THE STUDIO FOR THE FIRST TIME SHE IS ASKED TO AIR HER VIEWS. THE FOOLISH BACCHANAL SHE DESCRIBED IN THE PAINTING SEEMS INCREASINGLY FAMILIAR AS WE WITNESS THE LEWD AND COMICAL GOINGS ON BEHIND THE CAMERAS. THE DRAMA, WHICH FOCUSSES ON THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THE TEAM WHO PRODUCE THE NIGHT SHOW, OFFERS A FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THE THEMES OF SEX, POWER AND PATRONAGE. WILL HARRASSED RESEARCHER JENNY GET TO DIRECT HER FIRST FILM? WILL SLICK PRODUCER PHILIP GET HIS PROMOTION? THIS WEEK, IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE, THE NIGHT SHOW GOES OUT WITH A BANG.
- Description:WITHOUT WALLS - FANTASY LATE NIGHT ARTS PROGRAMME INVITES SHAKESPEARE AND LUCRETIA BORGIA ON - AND THEN HAS TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:APT FILM AND TELEVISION LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:25/10/1994
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s