16世纪中叶，英国驻法国大使遭到暗杀，而且死者正是年轻的英国国王亨利八世的叔叔。这让国王极为愤怒，立刻召集大臣，准备兵发法兰西。不过，红衣主教沃尔金权衡各方利益，并不赞成英法交战。因此，他想方设法，让英王、法王通过协商解决了此事。由于王后凯瑟琳只为亨利八世生下了一个女儿，这让她逐渐失宠。亨利八世一直对此耿耿于怀，并在宫廷之内寻欢作乐。不过，真正令亨利八世动心的却是一名叫安·博林的女侍官，后者美艳动人，丰满妖娆，使得他几近疯狂。为了能够明媒正娶，亨利八世跟主教沃尔金密谋，要与王后离婚，此举顿时牵涉到外交、宗教等多方利益。期间，热死病蔓延，引起全国恐慌，一场宫廷震荡也随之而来……
播出日期: 2008-03-30
运行时间: 57 min
概述: The King makes himself head of the Church of England while the Catholic Church fights a losing battle to control Henry VIII's desire for an annulment. Anne Boleyn demands that Henry break off contact with Katherine, so the noble Queen is banished from court. On top of that The Reformation is underway.
播出日期: 2008-04-06
运行时间: 58 min
概述: Christmas at the Tudor court is a time for ringing in the new. Mistress Anne Boleyn has replaced the banished Queen Katherine. The King's chaplain, Thomas Cranmer, makes a fact-finding visit to Lutheran Germany while Henry withdraws both the authority and taxes of the Catholic Church at home. And a royal visit to France finally convinces Anne to consummate her relationship with Henry, even as his best friend Charles Brandon suggests that she is no virgin.
播出日期: 2008-04-13
运行时间: 53 min
概述: Henry's patience finally wears out and he marries Anne in secret, appoints his Lutheran chaplain Thomas Cranmer the head of the Church of England, and strips Queen Katherine of her title and status; the king and new queen have their first child, and are disappointed that it's a girl...whom they christen Elizabeth.
播出日期: 2008-04-20
运行时间: 54 min
概述: Sir Thomas More refuses to accept Henry's command that his people swear an oath of "allegiance and recognition of the King's supremacy" to both church and state. Anne is made aware of the King's womanizing ways, and arranges then gives her blessing to his next mistress. Also, Anne has a confrontation with Lady Mary, Henry's daughter.
播出日期: 2008-04-27
运行时间: 54 min
概述: Attempts to legitimise the King's marriage and increase his power hit unmovable obstacles as Sir Thomas More and Bishop Fisher insist that only God can be head of the church. Imprisoned in the Tower of London they face likely execution unless they take the Oath of Allegiance. Meanwhile Henry's wandering eye continues to roam.
播出日期: 2008-05-04
运行时间: 52 min
概述: As the Reformation gathers pace Sir Thomas Cromwell becomes ever more powerful as propagandist-in-chief of a new moral order. Royal confidence has given way to doubt. Henry is haunted by the memory of the executed Thomas More while Queen Anne Boleyn's insecurities border on paranoia. Her husband's affairs continue and an effort to have her daughter Elizabeth betrothed to a French royal fails when the French King refuses to recognise that the infant Princess is of legitimate birth.
播出日期: 2008-05-11
运行时间: 55 min
概述: The English Reformation is in full swing. Queen Anne suffers from nightmares and feels threatened by Katherine and her daughter. Henry pays an unplanned visit to an old friend, Sir John Seymour, father of Jane Seymour.
播出日期: 2008-05-18
运行时间: 52 min
概述: 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 is seriously injured in a jousting match all thoughts turn to who might succeed him. There will be far-reaching consequences if Anne's pregnancy does not deliver a healthy son.
播出日期: 2008-05-25
运行时间: 53 min
概述: 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 Seymour family are awarded rooms at court and seem likely to replace the Boleyns as royal favourites. Several in the court begin to move against Anne who is accused of adultery. Arrests are made of suspected lovers and of Anne herself. All, including the Queen, are sentenced to death.
播出日期: 2008-06-01
运行时间: 50 min
概述: Queen Anne is imprisoned in the Tower, awaiting her execution. The king granted her wish for a special executioner, but he is delayed and the execution has to be postponed. King Henry proposes to Jane Seymour now that his marriage to Anne has been declared null and void. He hopes she will gave him a legitimate, male heir.
