Le roi Henry VIII se morfond de ne pas avoir d'héritier mâle. Afin d'être introduit à la cour, Sir Thomas Boleyn ordonne à sa fille de séduire le Roi. Mais c'est de son autre fille, Mary, que celui-ci s'éprend. Les deux soeurs, tout d'abord complices, deviennent rapidement des rivales prêtes à tout pour gagner les faveurs du roi.
En 1529, Thomas More, juriste britannique, succède au cardinal Wolsey comme chancelier d'Henri VIII. D'amis que sont le roi et son ministre, ils vont devenir ennemis du fait du refus de Thomas de consentir au remariage du roi. Thomas ira jusqu'au martyre, avec prudence et sans fanatisme.
À Londres, vers le milieu du XVIe siècle, le jeune Edouard, Prince de Galles et fils d'Henry VIII, aimerait échapper à l'étiquette de la Cour et s'amuser au-dehors avec des enfants de son âge. Dans le même temps, Tom Canty, gamin pauvre des rues, rêve d'échapper à sa condition. Le destin fera se rencontrer les deux enfants qui s'échangeront leurs "rôles" respectifs, non sans risques, car le Comte d'Hertford complote contre le Trône : il tente de faire assassiner le Prince à la faveur de son escapade et de prendre Tom, devenu Edward, sous sa coupe. L'intervention d'un mercenaire, Miles Hendon, permettra de faire échouer cette conspiration.
Comment après avoir usé et assassiné plusieurs femmes, le terrible Henry VIII se laissera mener par le bout du nez jusqu'à un âge avancé par Catherine Parr.
Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn who becomes mistress to England's king, Henry VIII, before being ousted by her younger sister, Anne. Mary leaves the Court to marry a commoner, but returns when Anne embarks on a reckless policy to save herself from ruin.
Roi depuis près de vingt ans, Henri VIII d'Angleterre, marié à Catherine d'Aragon qui ne lui a donné qu'une fille, se console auprès de maîtresses occasionnelles. Au cours d'une fête, il fait la connaissance d'une dame de compagnie de sa femme, Anne Boleyn, fille de Thomas Boleyn et sœur d'une de ses anciennes maîtresses. Le roi tombe sous le charme et demande alors à son chancelier, le cardinal Wolsey, de faire le nécessaire.
Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.
Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her in his usual manner, Henry has to find some way of doing it without provoking war with Marie's cousin, the King of France. Perhaps if she had an affair...
Marie Tudor, la sœur du roi Henri VIII, tombe amoureuse de Charles Brandon, un jeune homme en route pour les Amériques. Dans le but de le garder auprès d'elle, elle le fait nommer capitaine de la Garde mais provoque ainsi la jalousie du duc de Buckingham, amoureux de la jeune femme. Charles préfère partir plutôt que de s'engager dans une romance dangereuse. Mais Marie se déguise en garçon et décide de le rejoindre...
To recover a silver lion ornament for singer Emma Bunton Tim travels back to the court of Henry Vlll where Anne Boleyn (Emma again) asks jester Tim to send invitations to the guests for her Christmas party. However Cardinal Wolsey aims to steal them so that they will come to his own party and Tim must thwart him.
Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She convinces her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to the aging King Louis XII of France as part of a peace agreement.
The history of this grand 500-year-old palace is inextricably tied to the lavish lifestyle of King Henry VIII and the doomed fates of his six wives.
Re-enactment of the marriage of Catherine Howard to Henry VIII and her final fate.
Henri VIII Tudor (1491-1547), le plus célèbre des souverains anglais, a incarné la fin du Moyen Âge et jeté les bases de l'Angleterre moderne. Mais à quel prix ?
From double BAFTA nominated Writer and Director John Walsh. Monarch is part fact, part fiction and unfolds around one night when the injured ruler arrives at a manor house closed for the season.
Recreating festivities from Henry VIII's era, Lucy Worsley dresses, eats, drinks, sings and parties like it is 500 years ago - discovering long-lost traditions as well as familiar customs.
Melvyn Bragg explores the dramatic story of William Tyndale and his mission to translate the Bible into English, which made him a threat to the authority of the church and state.
Gaetano Donizetti and his librettist Felice Romani kept the focus of their opera ANNA BOLENA on the personal rather than the political in this fictionalized Tudor tale: Henry VIII of England wants to get rid of his second wife, Anne Boleyn, so that he can marry her lady-in-waiting, Jane Seymour. He brings Lord Richard Percy, Anne's first love, back from exile so that he can find an excuse to accuse her of adultery. With the unwitting aid of Smeaton, a court musician, and Lord Rochefort, Anne's brother, the trap is easily sprung. This 2011 live recording from the Wiener Staatsoper showcases Anna Netrebko as she "scored a personal triumph" in her debut as the hapless Tudor Queen, while her stage partners - notably Elīna Garanča as Jane Seymour and Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as Henry VIII - were likewise showered with critical acclaim.
Documentary offering a fresh perspective on the question of how history will judge Donald Trump, by setting his life next to that of a controversial leader from our own past.
A short biography of life of St Thomas More. Contains clips from the 1966 feature film "A Man For All Seasons."