This Showtime drama focuses on the early years of King Henry VIII’s nearly 40-year reign (1509-1547) of England. The series looks at Henry’s famous female companions like Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn and delves into his relationships with important figures like Sir Thomas More, Cardinal Wolsey (head of the Catholic Church of England during its break with Rome) and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, who was Henry’s best friend and unofficial adviser.
Countless affairs, a handful of wives, a few beheadings, a rift with the church that changed England’s religious landscape forever—The Tudors explores the turbulent years of King Henry VIII‘s nearly 40-year reign. Testosterone is oozing, bosoms are heaving… Make way for “The Tudors.” History class was never like this!
Season 4 begins thirty years into King Henry’s reign and follows the final chapter of his life, which remains as tumultuous and controversial as in his earlier years. Henry’s health has taken a turn for the worse, but he continues to remarry for the fifth and sixth time—to the teenage Katherine Howard with a scandalous past, and then the twice-widowed, headstrong Catherine Parr. Shot in Ireland.
Starring James Frain, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Henry Cavill, Nick Dunning.