Leonardo - Season 1 - Eps 11: Bandit Queen
After Piero has coerced 'Tom' into stealing Leonardo's notebook Leonardo and Machiavelli set out to recover it,planting a copy with blank pages. Meanwhile Lorenzo is temporarily held to ransom by Belladonna, the Bandit Queen of Florence,and Lisa,who has followed Leonardo,seized by Piero as an accomplice. Though the boys succeed in retrieving Lisa and the book,as well as seeing off Belladonna, they are aware that Piero now knows that Verrochio is illegally employing a girl as a painter - but unaware that he has made a copy of the notebook.
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 starring Jonathan Bailey as teenage Leonardo da Vinci. In 15th-century Florence, young Leonardo and his friends try to solve mysteries in 15th century Florence. His group includes fellow artists Lisa Gherardini—who disguises herself as boy named Tom—Machiavelli, and Lorenzo De Medici. Leo and Tom become apprentices at Verrocchio's workshop, where the maestro himself teaches them new artistic skills. A second series premiered on 20 September 2012, wherein 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.
Cast
Jonathan Bailey
Leonardo da Vinci
Colin Ryan
Lorenzo de' Medici
Flora Spencer-Longhurst
Lisa Gherardini / Tomaso
Akemnji Ndifornyen
Niccolò 'Mac' Machiavelli
James Clyde
Piero de' Medici
