Of all the periods in English history, it is the reign of Henry VIII, his six wives and the machinations of his chief ...

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The programme premiered in 2007 and is set during the reign of Henry VIII. The first series became the highest-rating ...

The BBC drama, based on Dame Hilary Mantel’s final novel in her epic Tudor trilogy, returned last year with Wolf Hall: The ...

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The 16th Century palace was built for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, chief minister to Henry VIII, and was the scene ... mystery of the Princes in the Tower, more than 500 years ago.

We were on the set of Firebrand, about Henry VIII’s marriage — his sixth and ... Star Wars series Skeleton Crew. Will there be more of that? I ask. “I don’t even know whether I’ll ...

No English king or queen has suffered more from retrospective caricature than Henry VIII, alternatively tyrant–murderer and ... the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell (perhaps predictably, he throws in ...