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Miniseries · Sky Atlantic

The Young Pope

His religion is revolution.

7.7IMDb658 votesStrongly recommended
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20161 season · 10 episodes~55 min per episodeTV-MALimited series — complete
Drama
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Who's in it

Cast

The principal ensemble across the run of the series.

Jude Law

Jude Law

Lenny Belardo / Pope Pius XIII

10 eps

Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton

Sister Mary

10 eps

Silvio Orlando

Silvio Orlando

Cardinal Voiello

10 eps

Javier Cámara

Javier Cámara

Cardinal Gutierrez

10 eps

Cécile de France

Cécile de France

Sofia Dubois

10 eps

Ludivine Sagnier

Ludivine Sagnier

Esther Aubry

10 eps

Toni Bertorelli

Toni Bertorelli

Cardinal Caltanissetta

10 eps

Daniel Vivian

Daniel Vivian

Domen

1 eps

James Cromwell

James Cromwell

Cardinal Michael Spencer

10 eps

Sebastian Roché

Sebastian Roché

Cardinal Michel Marivaux

5 eps

Ignazio Oliva

Ignazio Oliva

Father Valente

1 eps

Marcello Romolo

Marcello Romolo

Don Tommaso

1 eps

Ramón García

Ramón García

Cardinal Aguirre

1 eps

Nicoletta Cefaly

Sister Spencer

1 eps

Allison Case

Allison Case

Young Sister Mary

1 eps

Riku Takeda

Tourist

1 eps

Gianluca Guidi

Gianluca Guidi

Father Federico Amatucci

1 eps

Jacob Desvarieux

Jacob Desvarieux

African Cardinal

1 eps

Vladimir Bibic

Cardinal Ozolins

1 eps

Nadee Kammellaweera

Sister Suree

1 eps

Alessandra Fallucchi

Alessandra Fallucchi

Sister Spencer N.2

1 eps

Frank Gingerich

Frank Gingerich

Young Lenny

1 eps

Maurizio Lombardi

Maurizio Lombardi

Cardinal Mario Assente

1 eps

Matteo Lai

Tour Guide

1 eps

Olivia Macklin

Olivia Macklin

Madre

1 eps

Giovanni Agrò

Monsignor Glasses

1 eps

Armando Pizzuti

Armando Pizzuti

Father Triregno

1 eps

Patrick Mitchell

Young Lenny

1 eps

Alex Esola

Alex Esola

Freddy Blakestone

2 eps

Chiara Mocci

Young Prostitute

1 eps

Kika Georgiou

Kika Georgiou

Donna Divisa Rossa

1 eps

Yuliya Snigir

Yuliya Snigir

Ewa Novak

1 eps

Sean Campbell

Young Thomas

1 eps

The Nutevio profile

TV DNA

How The Young Pope actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

The Young Pope reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.

Character DepthDefining9.1

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

BingeabilityVery strong7.8

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

SerializedVery strong7.5

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

Emotional WeightStrong6.8

How much the series is designed to affect you.

Cliffhanger IntensityPresent4.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

TensionPresent4.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

SpectacleLight3.5

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

World BuildingLight3.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

HumourLight2.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

The story

What it's about

Lenny Belardo, the youngest and first American Pope in the history of the Church, must establish his new papacy and navigate the power struggles of the closed, secretive Vatican.

The run

Seasons

1 season · 10 episodes.

  • Season 0 · Complete

    Specials

    20161 episode

  • Official poster for Miniseries

    Season 1 · Complete

    Miniseries

    201610 episodes

    7.5IMDb

    Best episode · S01E10 Ninth Episode

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

Still from Ninth Episode

S01E10

Ninth Episode

8.4IMDb15 votes

Pope Pius XIII prepares to reveal himself publicly for the first time in a pastoral visit to Venice, but not before settling some scores.

18 Nov 201662 min
Still from Eighth Episode

S01E09

Eighth Episode

8.2IMDb16 votes

Gutierrez is dejected by his failure to find evidence against Cardinal Kurtwell, but a new witness may be able to give him what he is looking for.

18 Nov 201659 min
Still from First Episode (2)

S01E02

First Episode (2)

7.9IMDb22 votes

Lenny sets down the ground rules for his first speech at St. Peter's. Cardinal Spencer spurns an olive branch.

21 Oct 201658 min
Still from Second Episode

S01E03

Second Episode

7.5IMDb18 votes

After his inaugural speech makes it clear that he will not be manipulated, Lenny makes enemies within the Vatican. However, he gains one ardent follower.

28 Oct 201659 min
Still from Third Episode

S01E04

Third Episode

7.5IMDb18 votes

Believing that the only way to end Lenny's papacy is to involve him in a scandal, Cardinal Secretary of State Voiello blackmails Ester to seduce the pontiff.

28 Oct 201656 min
Still from Fourth Episode

S01E05

Fourth Episode

7.2IMDb19 votes

Lenny enjoys a night away from the Vatican with a childhood friend, whilst Voiello has a crisis of conscience when an opportunity presents itself.

4 Nov 201657 min

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The Young Pope: A Tale of Filmmaking

18 Nov 201655 min

Behind the series

Created by

Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

The craft

Key Crew

Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.

Executive production

Writing

Direction

Cinematography

Where to watch

Streaming

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