Hello, something a bit different for you today, we wanted to give you a taste of a brand

new podcast we think you'll love. It's called Leonardo and it's the official companion

podcast to the murder mystery period drama Leonardo starring Adon Turner. Leonardo deep dives

behind the scenes with the show's cast and crew, as well as exploring more about DaVinci's

art and life from the curators and historians who know him best. We're about to play you

a short clip from the first episode, so if you like what you hear and want to find out more,

search Leonardo, the official podcast for the full episode.

Gather round, come quickly now everybody please, okay, gather round. Straight in at the back

as well please, okay quietly, talking, my story. This time we'll hear from Adon Turner and

Matilda de Angeles as they introduce us to their world of DaVinci on screen, discussing auditions,

accents and Leonardo's sexuality. His sexuality, I didn't know about that. I don't think I was

so sure about that either, I felt like in the last even five years it's something I've learned

in the last few years. They don't tell you it's cool. And giving us an overview of why DaVinci's

artistic vision has mattered for more than 500 years, I'll be speaking to the person responsible

for the Leonardo artwork held by the Royal Collection Trust at Windsor Castle. I've got a custom

to handling the drawings, but you never get used to Leonardo, he's always surprising.

But first, how do you fancy a murder mystery or even a woman erased from history?

But we've got that too, thanks to the creators of the drama.

I was asked to do Leonardo and turned down because I thought it was going to be too hard.

And then Lux V, they came back to me and said we have Steve Thompson on board, would you reconsider

and I said oh, all right. I'm Frank Spottnitz, I'm a writer and co-creator of Leonardo.

And I'm Steve Thompson and I'm the other writer and co-creator of Leonardo.

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