Leonardo - Season 1 - Eps 4: Something Wicked
Leonardo and Tom are commissioned to paint a portrait of young bride-to-be Petronella,who is marrying thuggish,dishonest money lender Lucio solely to free her father from being in his debt. Macchiavelli recognizes Lucio as a man who hurt him when he was a child and,with the artists' help,concocts a plan playing to Lucio's greed by making him pay 100,000 florins for what they have told him is the alchemist's stone,to turn lead into gold. Having parted him from his money they then literally frame him for stealing a painting,freeing Petronella - who guesses 'Tom's' secret but says nothing.
About Leonardo
Title: Leonardo
First Air Date: 2011-04-11
Last Air Date: 2012-12-06
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.5/10 (from 4 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 26
Network: CBBC
Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama, Family
Production Companies: Kindle Entertainment
Synopsis
Leonardo is a British children's television series broadcast on CBBC. The show is an adventure programme featuring a teenage Leonardo da Vinci starring Jonathan Bailey. The series is set in 15th-century Florence. A second series premiered on CBBC on 20 September 2012, starting with episodes one and two being shown back to back. For Series 2, actor James Clyde replaced Alistair McGowan in the role of Piero de' Medici. It was announced on 21 January 2013 that Leonardo would not be recommissioned for a third series.
Cast
Jonathan Bailey
Leonardo
Colin Ryan
Lorenzo De Medici
Flora Spencer-Longhurst
Lisa / Tom
Akemnji Ndifornyen
Machiavelli
James Cuningham
Verrocchio
James Clyde
Piero de' Medici
