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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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 ?
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?
A modern take on the British royal drama, this steamy series offers a window into the lives of history's deadliest, sexiest and most iconic monarchs.
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.
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.
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.
On the edge of London stands Hampton Court, one of Britain's biggest palaces and most popular tourist spots, attracting almost a million visitors every year. Spanning 750 acres of grounds, it boasts 1,300 rooms and 23 courtyards...along with a host of secrets and historic stories. This two-part special provides an exclusive and intimate look at life inside the court today for the people keeping Henry VIII's world alive in the modern age, and also explores what life was like in the palace where the private world of the Tudors began.
In an ambitious and groundbreaking approach to drama and history featuring dramatic reconstruction, historian Lucy Worsley time travels back to the Tudor Court to witness some of the most dramatic moments in the lives of Henry VIII's six wives.
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.
Henry VIII is the most infamous monarch in English history. Famously he married six times over his 36 year reign. The six queens were formidable individuals. Some were ambitious, some brave, some ruthless - and between them they shaped the man who began as a Renaissance prince, became a monster and ended a regretful old man. In turn they shaped England itself. Presented jointly Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Jones, this is 4-Part series is an original and enlightening look at the real people at the centre of the action during one of the most turbulent, passionate and violent periods in English history.
