TV series
It's Good to Be King.
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
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Episode 1
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.
Directed by Ciarán DonnellyGuest stars Anthony Brophy, Sarah Bolger, Charlotte Salt, Mark Hildreth, Simon Ward, Rod Hallett, Joanne King, David Wilmot
Episode 2
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.
Directed by Ciarán DonnellyGuest stars Sarah Bolger, Max Brown, Charlotte Salt, Mark Hildreth, Rod Hallett, Joanne King, Colm Wilkinson, David Wilmot
Episode 3
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.
Directed by Ciarán DonnellyGuest stars Sarah Bolger, Max Brown, Charlotte Salt, Emma Hamilton, Simon Ward, Rod Hallett, Joanne King, Danny Seward
Episode 4
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.
Directed by Ciarán Donnelly
Episode 5
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.
Directed by Jeremy PodeswaGuest stars David Bradley
Episode 6
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.
Directed by Jeremy PodeswaGuest stars Emma Hamilton, Paul Ronan
Episode 7
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.
Directed by Jeremy PodeswaGuest stars Paul Ronan, Sarah Mulligan
Episode 8
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.
Directed by Jeremy PodeswaGuest stars Colin O'Donoghue
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Jonathan Rhys MeyersHenry VIII of England
Henry CavillCharles Brandon
James FrainThomas Cromwell
Natalie DormerAnne Boleyn
Maria Doyle KennedyCatherine of Aragon
Nick DunningThomas Boleyn
Jeremy NorthamSir Thomas More
Max BrownEdward Seymour
ShowtimeUnited States
Showtime NetworksUnited States
Reveille ProductionsUnited States
Working Title FilmsUnited Kingdom
