Vasari teaches Piero about the history of art while he battles to finish his work in record time. Stars Tom Conti.
Diverted to Rome by a papal commission, Vasari teaches Piero about the history of art while he battles to finish his work in record time and get back to Florence.
“Giorgio Vasari? Who’s he?”
Florence, 1570. Giorgio Vasari is the top painter and architect of the day, as well as the official biographer of the pantheon of Renaissance artists.
At the behest of his illustrious patron, the Grand Duke Cosimo de’ Medici, Vasari has embarked on his most ambitious project ever: painting the city’s cathedral dome.
His new assistant, Piero, reminds him of his own young self.
Written by Eileen Horne.
Created by Eileen Horne and Sarah Dunant
CAST
VASARI ..... Tom Conti
PIERO ..... Will Taylor
COSINA ..... Jasmine Hyde
CARDINAL DE’ MEDICI/MANSERVANT ..... Tristan Beint
ENRICO ..... Joshua Akehurst
DR MARIO ..... Jay Mailer
MICHELANGELO ..... Nick Murchie
SODERINI/OLD PRIEST ..... David Troughton
ANDREA CASTAGNO ..... Nick Murchie
VENEZIANO ..... John Hollingworth
Produced and Directed by Clive Brill
Exec Producer: Sarah Dunant
A Brill Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2019.
On radio
Broadcasts
Sun 21 Jul 201915:00BBC Radio 4 FM- Sat 27 Jul 201921:00BBC Radio 4
- Next Tuesday15:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Next Tuesday21:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 12 Aug 202605:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
