Season 2 (2008)

Everything is Beautiful
7.2

March 30, 2008 • 57m

The King makes himself head of the Church of England while the Catholic Church fights a losing battle to control Henry VIII's desi...Read more

Tears of Blood
6.6

April 6, 2008 • 58m

Christmas at the Tudor court is a time for ringing in the new. Mistress Anne Boleyn has replaced the banished Queen Katherine. The...Read more

Checkmate
8.0

April 13, 2008 • 53m

Henry's patience finally wears out and he marries Anne in secret, appoints his Lutheran chaplain Thomas Cranmer the head of the Ch...Read more

The Act of Succession
8.3

April 20, 2008 • 54m

Sir Thomas More refuses to accept Henry's command that his people swear an oath of "allegiance and recognition of the King's supre...Read more

His Majesty's Pleasure
7.2

April 27, 2008 • 54m

Attempts to legitimise the King's marriage and increase his power hit unmovable obstacles as Sir Thomas More and Bishop Fisher ins...Read more

The Definition of Love
7.1

May 4, 2008 • 52m

As the Reformation gathers pace Sir Thomas Cromwell becomes ever more powerful as propagandist-in-chief of a new moral order. Roya...Read more

Matters of State
7.4

May 11, 2008 • 55m

The English Reformation is in full swing. Queen Anne suffers from nightmares and feels threatened by Katherine and her daughter. ...Read more

Lady in Waiting
7.6

May 18, 2008 • 52m

At Henry's command Jane Seymour is made a lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn, to the discomfort and suspicion of the Queen. When Henry...Read more

The Act of Treason
7.4

May 25, 2008 • 53m

Anne has lost a son and with it her last chance at a lasting marriage with Henry. The King's affections are shifting anyway: the S...Read more

Destiny and Fortune
8.6

June 1, 2008 • 50m

Queen Anne is imprisoned in the Tower, awaiting her execution. The king granted her wish for a special executioner, but he is dela...Read more