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: 2009-04-05
运行时间: 51 min
概述: King Henry marries for the third time, taking as his queen the demure noblewoman Jane Seymour. A growing number of his subjects protest the king's decision to abandon the Catholic Church.
播出日期: 2009-04-12
运行时间: 48 min
概述: The uproar over the king's break with the Catholic Church turns into a full-blown rebellion that comes to be known as "The Pilgrimage of Grace." Immobilized by an old jousting injury, Henry sends Charles Brandon to deal with the uprising and focuses his attention on the Lady Ursula Misseldon.
播出日期: 2009-04-19
运行时间: 49 min
概述: Henry reconciles with his estranged daughters Mary and Elizabeth in time for the Christmas holidays, but betrays and brutally suppresses the rebellion against him after making conciliatory promises to the uprising's leaders.
播出日期: 2009-04-26
运行时间: 49 min
概述: The leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising are put to death, but Brandon is disturbed by the cruelty and mercilessness of the suppression; Henry celebrates the birth of a son but his joy is short-lived as Queen Jane dies within days.
播出日期: 2009-05-03
运行时间: 52 min
概述: Henry remains in seclusion while mourning the queen's death, an opportunity that enemies of the crown seize to murder several friends of the court; Cromwell is disturbed when Henry doesn't resist his new church's similarities to Catholicism.
播出日期: 2009-05-10
运行时间: 54 min
概述: Matchmaking begins in earnest as Cromwell schemes to secure the Reformation by marrying Henry to a Protestant wife - but the king's marital reputation precedes him; the condition of Henry's wounded leg turns life-threatening.
播出日期: 2009-05-17
运行时间: 52 min
概述: War looms with France and Spain aligning against England with backing from Rome, so Henry agrees to a politically fortuitous marriage with Anne of Cleves (Joss Stone), a plain and unsophisticated German aristocrat he has never met.
播出日期: 2009-05-24
运行时间: 52 min
概述: Henry moves swiftly to annul his loveless marriage to Anne of Cleves, and beds a new mistress, 17-year-old Katherine Howard; Princess Mary falls in love with Duke Philip of Bavaria; Cromwell's fall from favor is sudden and dramatic.
