L'altra donna del re

L'altra donna del re 2008

6.70

Enrico VIII regna sull'Inghilterra e desidera un figlio maschio che la moglie, Caterina di Aragona, non sembra essere in grado di dargli. Sir Thomas Boleyn (Bolena per noi italiani) vede nella figlia Anna una potenziale attrattiva per il re che va colta nel momento in cui costui verrà ospitato in casa per una battuta di caccia. Le cose non vanno come l'uomo vorrebbe perchè Enrico viene attratto dall'altra figlia dei Boleyn, Mary, che farà sua amante e da cui avrà un figlio. Ma, nel frattempo, Anna (temporaneamente inviata presso la corte di Francia) ha fatto ritorno in Patria ed appare al re sotto una luce diversa. Riuscirà a farla divenire sua moglie ripudiando Caterina e imponendo lo strappo con la Chiesa Cattolica che porterà alla formazione della Chiesa Anglicana. Ma anche questa sarà una relazione tormentata.

2008

Anna dei mille giorni

Anna dei mille giorni 1969

7.00

Enrico VIII ripudia la moglie Caterina d'Aragona per sposare Anna Bolena. Stancatosi anche di lei, che non riesce a dargli un maschio, lascia che venga decapitata, benché la donna neghi fermamente l'accusa di adulterio mossa a suo carico.

1969

Tutte le donne del Re

Tutte le donne del Re 1972

5.80

La vicenda di Enrico VIII e delle sue troppe mogli è stata raccontata molte volte. In questo caso l'attenzione del regista è concentrata sul rapporto tra il sovrano e Anna Bolena, la donna che finirà i suoi giorni decapitata, per ordine del re, nella Torre di Londra. Anche la nascita di Elisabetta, futura regina della Gran Bretagna, ha una parte rilevante nell'economia del racconto.

1972

The Tudors

The Tudors 2007

7.83

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.

2007

Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall 2015

7.55

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?

2015

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970

8.10

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.

1970

Henry VIII

Henry VIII 2003

6.50

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.

2003

Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn 2021

2.50

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.

2021

Henry and Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History

Henry and Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History 2014

8.00

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.

2014

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family 2021

8.00

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.

2021

The Fall of Anne Boleyn

The Fall of Anne Boleyn 2020

8.70

Tracy Borman tells the story of the downfall of Henry VIII's second wife, charting her arrest, trial and execution.

2020