Uma série de ficção baseada na vida e no reinado do rei Henrique VIII, dos mais notáveis réis da Dinastia Tudor. Um rei que, em nome dos seus desejos e interesses, não hesitou em enfrentar as intrigas da corte e da política do seu tempo, fazer e desfazer alianças, romper relações com a Santa Sé e fundar uma nova igreja protestante.
Series of television plays written by six different authors. Each play is a lavish dramatization of the trials and tribulations surrounding Henry and his wives. Keith Michell ties the episodes together with his dignified and magnetic performance as the mighty monarch.
Situada na década de 1520, a minissérie acompanha a vida de Cromwell, filho de um ferreiro que se torna advogado e membro da corte de Henrique VIII.
Considerado um gênio político, ele subornou e ameaçou pessoas para conseguir chegar no topo da sociedade de sua época. Agora, colocando-se contra o Parlamento, o poder político e o papado, Cromwell se alia ao rei para tentar anular seu casamento com Ana Bolena.
The final months of Boleyn's life, her struggle with Tudor England's patriarchal society, her desire to secure a future for her daughter, Elizabeth, and the brutal reality of her failure to provide Henry with a male heir.
The life of Henry VIII of England from the disintegration of his first marriage to an aging Spanish princess until his death following a stroke in 1547, by which time he had married for the sixth time.
Part documentary, part historical drama, this series follows the fortunes of the different members of the Boleyn family, ultimately made notorious for daughter Anne’s marriage to Henry VIII and execution.
Historian Dr Suzannah Lipscomb unfolds the extraordinary story of the tumultuous love affair between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and asks: was it really love that brought them together – and was it love that tore them apart? Suzannah's journey will take her from Anne's childhood home at Hever Castle in Kent to the French palace where, some say, she learned the art of love. She will also visit Hampton Court, where Henry built the Great Hall for his new queen, and the Tower of London, where he had her beheaded.
Tracy Borman tells the story of the downfall of Henry VIII's second wife, charting her arrest, trial and execution.