The Tudors
Tagline: It's Good to Be King.
First aired: 2007-04-01
Synopsis
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.
Creators
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Casting
- Henry CavillCharles Brandon
- Jonathan Rhys MeyersHenry VIII of England
- Sarah BolgerMary Tudor
- David O'HaraHenry Howard
- Max BrownEdward Seymour
- Lothaire BluteauAmbassador Charles de Marillac
- Anthony BrophyAmbassador Eustace Chapuys
- Simon WardBishop Stephen Gardiner
- Simon WardL'évêque Gardiner
- Tamzin MerchantCatherine Howard
Season 1
Desperate for an heir, England's King Henry VIII shuns his wife Queen Katherine and casts his eye on the alluring Anne Boleyn, while Cardinal Wolsey's loyalty to the Catholic Church and the Pope strains his relationship to the king.
Number of episodes 10
Season 2
Henry quickly embraces Lutheran ideas, breaks with the Church, and marries Anne Boleyn, but Brandon sows seeds of doubt about his new queen's fidelity in the king's mind; a loyalty oath pits Henry against his mentor Thomas More.
Number of episodes 10
Season 3
Henry's marriage to Jane Seymour is happy, fruitful and tragically short; the king brutally suppresses a rebellion against his religious reforms; England, Spain and the Pope ally against England, forcing Henry to marry a Protestant.
Number of episodes 8
Season 4
Henry's marriage to randy, unfaithful teenager Catherine Howard ends in her swift execution, but he finds domestic tranquility at last with the steady Catherine Parr; a war with France and Brandon's death signal Henry's waning days.
Number of episodes 10
