Series 1
Series Summary
Henry VIII's six wives were players, not just pawns, in a high stakes political game. In this series Dr Starkey reveals them to be powerful individuals who showed great dignity when faced with exile from the King's favour - or even the executioner's axe.
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Episodes (4)
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The series begins with the story of Catherine of Aragon, a remarkable woman whose refusal to accept a divorce in defiance of Henry VIII's…
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Historian David Starkey tells the story of Anne Boleyn, who charmed Henry with her seductive French ways and gave him his second daughter…
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Dr David Starkey reveals the stories behind Henry's third and fourth wives. Henry married Jane Seymour the day after Anne Boleyn's…
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Dr David Starkey reveals the stories behind Henry's last two wives, Katherine Howard a teenager with a past, and Catherine Parr, a mature…
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