The Tudors

2012 • Showtime

4.7

753 reviews

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The Complete Collection episodes (38)

1 101. Episode 1

4/1/07

Season-only

In the series premiere, Henry prepares for war with France but receives cautious counsel from the powerful Cardinal Wolsey, who urges a treaty. The king learns that his queen's lady-in-waiting, Elizabeth Blount, is pregnant with his child.

2 102. Episode 2

4/8/07

Season-only

Henry contemplates an alliance with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, King of Spain, despite his Field of Cloth of Gold ceremony celebrating allegiance to France. Elizabeth Blount gives birth to the king's illegitimate son.

3 103. Episode 3

4/15/07

Season-only

A visit from Charles V forces Henry to conceal his growing disaffection from Queen Katherine, who is the influential Spanish monarch's aunt. Henry comes face-to-face with the seductive Anne Boleyn for the first time.

4 104. Episode 4

4/22/07

Season-only

Despite being named Defender of the Faith by the Pope, Henry begins to scheme to replace his queen with the more desirable Anne Boleyn. Court intrigues involving Princess Margaret and plots against Cardinal Wolsey intensify.

5 105. Episode 5

4/29/07

Season-only

Henry is stunned by a reversal in his alliance with Charles V and forced to look elsewhere for European support, while an insulted Anne Boleyn refuses his offer of permanent mistress status, inflaming his desire to marry her.

6 106. Episode 6

5/6/07

Season-only

An increasingly confident Henry grows dissatisfied with the Catholic Church's progress with his petition for an annulment of his marriage, making Cardinal Wolsey further vulnerable to conspirators.

7 107. Episode 7

5/13/07

Season-only

England is struck down with food shortages and a plague outbreak, forcing the normally buoyant Henry to doubt his future and abilities - but a sudden change in fortunes is on the horizon.

8 108. Episode 8

5/20/07

Season-only

A special envoy from the Pope arrives to hear Henry's petition regarding the legitimacy of his marriage. The fate of Cardinal Wolsey's career, the king's romance with Anne Boleyn, and the nation's relationship with Rome hang in the balance.

9 109. Episode 9

6/3/07

Season-only

The fall from grace and power of Cardinal Wolsey is fast and merciless, with the one-time Lord Chancellor stripped of authority and influence. His replacement is an unusual choice: the morally righteous Sir Thomas More.

10 110. Episode 10

6/10/07

Season-only

In the season finale, a disgraced Cardinal Wolsey tries one last, desperate gambit to resurrect his career by allying himself with the similarly fallen Queen Katherine, but the king's new advisors learn of their plot.

11 201. Episode 1

3/30/08

Season-only

The Reformation begins as Henry declares himself head of the Church of England. Katherine is banished from court, and Henry blackmails a cook into assassinating a high-ranking Catholic bishop.

12 202. Episode 2

4/6/08

Season-only

Henry continues undermining the Catholic Church's influence in England, while Anne resolves to consummate her relationship with the king, even as Charles Brandon begins planting doubts about her virtue.

13 203. Episode 3

4/13/08

Season-only

Henry secretly marries Anne Boleyn and appoints his Lutheran chaplain head of the Church. But the newlyweds are disappointed when their first child is a girl, whom they name Elizabeth.

14 204. Episode 4

4/20/08

Season-only

Henry asks the entire country to swear an oath, and jails Sir Thomas More for refusing to take it. Anne becomes pregnant again and schemes to control Henry's mistresses.

15 205. Episode 5

4/27/08

Season-only

Anne's miscarriage and her sister's impetuous marriage threaten the Boleyn family's power at court, while a reluctant Henry orders the execution of his old friend, advisor and mentor Sir Thomas More.

16 206. Episode 6

5/4/08

Season-only

The power of Thomas Cromwell widens as he investigates Catholic corruption. The Pope denounces Sir Thomas More's execution, and the King of France refuses to recognize Elizabeth's legitimacy.

17 207. Episode 7

5/11/08

Season-only

Cromwell confiscates Catholic property, enriching Henry. Katherine dies in pious poverty and obscurity, leaving Anne, newly pregnant, a firmer grip on power, even as a new lady in waiting catches Henry's eye.

18 208. Episode 8

5/18/08

Season-only

After another miscarriage, Anne is quickly replaced by Jane Seymour in the king's affections. Henry attempts to renew his alliance with the King of Spain, who makes an intriguing proposal.

19 209. Episode 9

5/25/08

Season-only

Anne Boleyn's fall is swift, as Henry accepts charges of adultery against her, sentencing her and her alleged lovers to death.

20 210. Episode 10

6/1/08

Season-only

Henry proposes marriage to Jane Seymour and removes baby Elizabeth from the line of succession, even as Anne awaits her execution in the Tower of London.

21 301. Episode 1

4/5/09

Season-only

Henry VIII weds, for a third time, to shy and demure Jane Seymour, praying that he will soon produce a male heir. Once-loyal subjects rebel against Henry's anti-Catholic crusade.

22 302. Episode 2

4/12/09

Season-only

The rebellion now known as the Pilgrimage of Grace begins in earnest, with Henry dispatching Brandon to deal with the uprising. Bedridden due to the recurrence of his jousting injury, Henry takes a new mistress.

23 303. Episode 3

4/19/09

Season-only

Henry reconciles with his estranged daughters Mary and Elizabeth in time for the Christmas holiday, but betrays and brutally suppresses the rebellion against him.

24 304. Episode 4

4/26/09

Season-only

The leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising are put to death, but Brandon is disturbed by the cruelty of the suppression. Henry celebrates the birth of a son but his joy is short-lived.

25 305. Episode 5

5/3/09

Season-only

Henry remains in seclusion while mourning the queen's death. Cromwell is disturbed when Henry doesn't resist his new church's similarities to Catholicism.

26 306. Episode 6

5/10/09

Season-only

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.

27 307. Episode 7

5/17/09

Season-only

Henry agrees to a politically fortuitous marriage in order to avoid war with France and Spain.

28 308. Episode 8

5/24/09

Season-only

Henry moves swiftly to annul his loveless marriage to Anne of Cleves, and beds a new, teenage mistress. Cromwell's fall from favor is sudden and dramatic.

29 401. Episode 1

4/11/10

Season-only

In the season four premiere, King Henry VIII marries his fifth queen, a lusty teenager whose beauty and checkered past inflame the passions of a trusted courtier, Thomas Culpepper.

30 402. Episode 2

4/18/10

Season-only

Henry's age catches up to him during Christmas celebrations, but his youthful and randy court continues the party without him. The arrogant Lord Surrey takes aim at the powerful Seymour clan.

31 403. Episode 3

4/25/10

Season-only

A noticeably more benevolent and tolerant Henry VIII forgives the citizens of the North for their rebellion against him, but the youthful wife he dotes upon launches a passionate affair with Culpepper.

32 404. Episode 4

5/2/10

Season-only

The king's warm welcome in the North reinvigorates him but his queen's past catches up to her when a former lover appears with threats of blackmail, and an anonymous letter exposes her infidelities to Henry.

33 405. Episode 5

5/9/10

Season-only

The king is devastated to learn of his beloved queen's ribald past and present affairs, and banishes her from court, even as the investigation rounds up and tortures suspects.

34 406. Episode 6

5/16/10

Season-only

The newly single Henry surprises his countrymen by restoring his daughters to the royal succession, forging an unexpected political alliance, and manipulating events to marry an attractive, mature, and recent widow.

35 407. Episode 7

5/23/10

Season-only

War looms with France as Henry marries Catherine Parr, who proves to be an able and respected queen and stepmother, finally giving England's king the stable, happy household he has long desired.

36 408. Episode 8

6/6/10

Season-only

The war with France is nearly lost when one of Henry's officers cleverly engineers a sudden victory, but the triumphant king's health has been weakened by the costly adventure.

37 409. Episode 9

6/13/10

Season-only

Powerful accusations of heresy are made against the queen but the ailing Henry has little interest. A chastened Lord Surrey faces the ultimate penalty for losing 600 men in an ill-advised action that nearly reignites war with France.

38 410. Episode 10

6/20/10

Season-only

In the series finale, Henry defeats one final political foe but faces his mortality after the deaths of both his best friend Charles Brandon and King Francis of France, and the ghosts of his former queens appear for a final confrontation.

About this show

THE TUDORS will present the rarely dramatized, tumultuous early years of King Henry VIII's nearly 40-year, omnipotent reign (1509-1547) of England. In addition to his famous female consorts, a 20+ year marriage to Catherine of Aragon and the infamous dalliance with Anne Boleyn, the series delves into Henry's most notable political relationship and the deconstruction of the Roman Catholic Church in England.

Ratings and reviews

4.7

753 reviews

Darryl Borque

December 17, 2012

Is not very accurate of history. With that being said, this is one of the best series there has ever been on TV. *Spoiler alert* below : The 3rd seaon isn't very exciting and it felt as though the writers didn't know which "alternate" history path they wanted to take.

Kim Daniels

November 7, 2019

This show is Amazing!! Tudors is what got me watching all of the historical dramas to date. Everything was so beautifully done down to their outfits. It has everything from drama, historical, action, adventure anyone could ask for. I can't wait for the next new series to come out. Just truely Awesome I'd give 10 stars if I could..

Tammy L. Braley

November 24, 2015

This show has everything a man or woman desires in a series. History, drama, suspense, mystery, and romance. I got hooked just watching 5 minutes of the 2nd episode of season 1. Go figure remote surfing would throw me in the golden age of lust and leadership. Thumbs up!

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