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The Tudors (2007)

Drama, Romance55m
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It's Good to Be King.

Overview

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.

  1. Michael Hirst

    Creator

Series Cast

  1. Jonathan Rhys Meyers

    Jonathan Rhys Meyers

    Henry VIII of England

  2. Henry Cavill

    Henry Cavill

    Charles Brandon

  3. Sarah Bolger

    Sarah Bolger

    Mary Tudor

  4. Max Brown

    Max Brown

    Edward Seymour

  5. David O'Hara

    David O'Hara

    Henry Howard

  6. Lothaire Bluteau

    Lothaire Bluteau

    Ambassador Charles de Marillac

  7. Tamzin Merchant

    Tamzin Merchant

    Catherine Howard

  8. Torrance Coombs

    Torrance Coombs

    Thomas Culpepper

  9. Anthony Brophy

    Anthony Brophy

    Ambassador Eustace Chapuys

Last Season

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Season 4

2010 | 10 Episodes

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.

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Feb 23, 2022

When you consider the richness of the dramatic storylines provided by the Medici and the Borgia - everything from megalomania, incest, war, debauchery, torture - even the odd, honest loving relationship - then the Tudors, a family of upstart Welsh "pantrymen" (as Errol Flynn referred to them in "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" (1939)), ought to be up there. Well, sadly, this doesn't really deliver at all. Henry VII - the first Tudor king of England - who reigned for almost a quarter of a century doesn't feature at all; therefore we are deprived of any backstory to the real focus char...

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StatusEnded

Networks

  • Showtime

TypeScripted

Original LanguageEnglish

Keywords

  • england
  • monarchy
  • royal family
  • tudor
  • anne boleyn
  • king of england
  • henry viii
  • palace intrigue
  • historical drama
  • 16th century
  • simulated sex