The Young Pope

Jude Law may look like the most unlikely head of the Catholic Church, but that’s all part of the fun of this glossy but quirky saga

Jude Law may look like the most unlikely head of the Catholic Church, but that’s all part of the fun of this glossy but quirky saga

Jude Law may look like the most unlikely head  of the Catholic Church, but that’s all part of the fun of this glossy but quirky saga about chain-smoking, Cherry Coke-loving Lenny Belardo, who rocks the Vatican when he becomes Pope Pius XIII.

The drama, beginning with a feature-length episode, sees Lenny taking up his new job as the youngest-ever pontiff and proving he’s not a pushover.

Look out for Diane Keaton as the nun who raised Lenny and is now his right-hand woman, and James Cromwell as Cardinal Michael Spencer, Lenny’s former mentor who hoped for the top job himself.