The Popes

From BBC Radio 4.

John Julius Norwich reads his history tracing the papal line down the centuries

Episode 1: The scandalous Pope Joan - the myth and reality of the only female Pope are explored.
Episode 2: Nicholas Breakspear was the only English pope - elected into tumultuous 12th-century Rome.
Episode 3: Rodrigo Borgia bribed his way to the papacy, fathering eight children on the way.
Episode 4: Genial, laid-back Pius VI was not an ideal pope at the time of the French Revolution.
Episode 5: John XXIII was expected to be a caretaker pope but his pontificate shook the world.