Henry prepares for war with France but receives cautious counsel from the powerful Cardinal Wolsey,...

Henry contemplates an alliance with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V of Spain despite his "Field of Clot...

A visit from Charles V forces Henry to conceal his growing disaffection from Queen Katherine, who is...

As a reward for his denunciation of Martin Luther, the Pope christens Henry “Defender of the Faith,”...

Henry is shocked when he learns that his ally, Emperor Charles V of Spain, has released France's Kin...

As King Henry gains in confidence, his displeasure with the way the Catholic church handles his requ...

England's population is suffering, both from a lack of food and from a lethal plague called 'The Swe...

A papal envoy has come to discuss the annulment of the King's marriage to Katherine of Aragon, as re...

Cardinal Wolsey's fall is quick and pitiless. Stripped of office and authority, he is banished from...

Cardinal Wolsey is down but not yet out. Although exiled, he tries to gather last-minute support fro...

The King makes himself head of the Church of England while the Catholic Church fights a losing battl...

Christmas at the Tudor court is a time for ringing in the new. Mistress Anne Boleyn has replaced the...

Henry's patience finally wears out and he marries Anne in secret, appoints his Lutheran chaplain Tho...

Sir Thomas More refuses to accept Henry's command that his people swear an oath of "allegiance and r...

Attempts to legitimise the King's marriage and increase his power hit unmovable obstacles as Sir Tho...

As the Reformation gathers pace Sir Thomas Cromwell becomes ever more powerful as propagandist-in-ch...

The English Reformation is in full swing. Queen Anne suffers from nightmares and feels threatened b...

At Henry's command Jane Seymour is made a lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn, to the discomfort and susp...

Anne has lost a son and with it her last chance at a lasting marriage with Henry. The King's affecti...

Queen Anne is imprisoned in the Tower, awaiting her execution. The king granted her wish for a speci...

King Henry marries for the third time, taking as his queen the demure noblewoman Jane Seymour. A gro...

The uproar over the king's break with the Catholic Church turns into a full-blown rebellion that com...

Henry reconciles with his estranged daughters Mary and Elizabeth in time for the Christmas holidays,...

The leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising are put to death, but Brandon is disturbed by the cr...

Henry remains in seclusion while mourning the queen's death, an opportunity that enemies of the crow...

Matchmaking begins in earnest as Cromwell schemes to secure the Reformation by marrying Henry to a P...

War looms with France and Spain aligning against England with backing from Rome, so Henry agrees to...

Henry moves swiftly to annul his loveless marriage to Anne of Cleves, and beds a new mistress, 17-ye...

A long hot summer, thirty years into the reign of King Henry VIII, and well into middle age, Henry t...

Thomas Culpepper - Henry VIII’s newest servant - continues to make eyes at his King’s young bride, K...

Buoyed by the happiness that a young wife brings an aging man, Henry is noticeably more tolerant and...

Rejuvenated by his tour of the north of England, Henry feels a new man and longs after his new Queen...

Lord Hertford’s investigation into allegations of the Queen’s infidelities moves with speed. Deeply...

Unmarried once more Henry reflects on his dynasty and orders a new Act of Parliament which restores...

Henry marries Catherine Parr - his sixth and final wife. A loving step-mother and compassionate comp...

The siege of Boulogne is a long, expensive and difficult military campaign that is finally won by He...

Henry VIII’s health is on the slide: the recent siege of Boulogne has taken its toll on his aging bo...

Finale - Henry’s thoughts turn to his own mortality with the news that his long-time friend and some...