King Henry marries for the third time. A blonde, shy noblewoman by the name of Jane Seymour. The king\’s decision to abandon the Catholic Church causes an uproar

1 June, 2008
As Anne Boleyn awaits her death, painfully delayed by the executioner\’s late arrival, Henry visits Jane Seymour and asks for her hand in marriage. Declaring his marriage to Anne null

25 May, 2008
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 lik

18 May, 2008
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 thought

11 May, 2008
Anne is increasingly paranoid about Catherine and Mary. Henry continues eying up everything in a skirt and the episode contains quite a raunchy sex scene in case anyone has children wa

4 May, 2008
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 b

27 April, 2008
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. Impris

20 April, 2008
Elizabeth, the first child of Anne and Henry VIII is baptized under the new Church of England. Henry sends a statement to Parliament for the consideration, later to be known as the A

13 April, 2008
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

6 April, 2008
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-findi