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Episode 201

Original Air Date: Mar 30, 2008

In the Season 2 premiere, the Reformation begins as Henry breaks with the Catholic Church and declares himself head of the church; Anne's insistence leads to Henry breaking all contact with Katherine and banishing her from the court.

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Cast
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
King Henry VIII
Henry Cavill
Charles Brandon
Natalie Dormer
Anne Boleyn
Nick Dunning
Thomas Boleyn
James Frain
Thomas Cromwell
Jamie Thomas King
Thomas Wyatt
Created By
Michael Hirst
Written by
Michael Hirst
Directed by
Jeremy Podeswa
Rating
TVMA
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Adult Content, Violence, Nudity

4 Seasons, 38 Episodes

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  • Season 4

    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.

    Season 4

  • Season 3

    Henry's marriage to Jane Seymour is happy, fruitful, and tragically short; the king brutally suppresses a rebellion against his religious reforms; England, Spain and the Pope ally against England, forcing Henry to marry a Protestant.

    Season 3

  • Season 2

    Henry quickly embraces Lutheran ideas, breaks with the Church, and marries Anne Boleyn, but Brandon sows seeds of doubt about his new queen's fidelity in the king's mind; a loyalty oath pits Henry against his mentor Thomas More.

    Season 2

  • Season 1

    Desperate for an heir, England's King Henry VIII shuns his wife Queen Katherine and casts his eye on the alluring Anne Boleyn, while Cardinal Wolsey's loyalty to the Catholic Church and the Pope strains his relationship to the king.

    Season 1
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