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The Tudors

"It's Good to Be King."

7.8
4 seasons
38 episodes
Ended
Drama
Romance

Plot Summary

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.

First Aired:April 1, 2007
Last Aired:June 20, 2010
Episode Runtime:55m
Networks:
Showtime
Created By:
Michael Hirst

Cast & Characters

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Seasons (4)

Season 1
7.5

Season 1

10 episodes

Aired: 2007

Desperate for an heir, England's King Henry VIII shuns his wife Queen Katherine and casts his eye on the alluring Anne Boleyn, while Cardinal Wolsey's loyalty to the Catholic Church and the Pope strains his relationship to the king.

Season 2
7.2

Season 2

10 episodes

Aired: 2008

Henry quickly embraces Lutheran ideas, breaks with the Church, and marries Anne Boleyn, but Brandon sows seeds of doubt about his new queen's fidelity in the king's mind; a loyalty oath pits Henry against his mentor Thomas More.

Season 3
7.3

Season 3

8 episodes

Aired: 2009

Henry's marriage to Jane Seymour is happy, fruitful and tragically short; the king brutally suppresses a rebellion against his religious reforms; England, Spain and the Pope ally against England, forcing Henry to marry a Protestant.

Season 4
7.8

Season 4

10 episodes

Aired: 2010

Henry's marriage to randy, unfaithful teenager Catherine Howard ends in her swift execution, but he finds domestic tranquility at last with the steady Catherine Parr; a war with France and Brandon's death signal Henry's waning days.

Production

TM Productions

Peace Arch Entertainment Group

Showtime Networks

Reveille Productions

Working Title Films

CBC