The Tudors

Historical fiction television series

This article is about the television series. For the royal house, see House of Tudor.

The Tudors

Genre| Historical drama
Created by| Michael Hirst
Written by| Michael Hirst
Starring|

* Jonathan Rhys Meyers
* Henry Cavill
* Sam Neill
* Callum Blue
* Henry Czerny
* Natalie Dormer
* Maria Doyle Kennedy
* Nick Dunning
* Jeremy Northam
* Anthony Brophy
* James Frain
* Jamie Thomas King
* Hans Matheson
* Peter O'Toole
* Annabelle Wallis
* Alan Van Sprang
* Gerard McSorley
* Max von Sydow
* Joss Stone
* Tamzin Merchant
* Lothaire Bluteau
* Sarah Bolger
* Max Brown
* Torrance Coombs
* David O'Hara
* Joely Richardson

Composer| Trevor Morris
Country of origin|

* United Kingdom
* Canada
* Ireland
* United States

Original language| English
No. of seasons| 4
No. of episodes| 38 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers|

* Michael Hirst
* Eric Fellner
* Tim Bevan
* Ben Silverman
* Teri Weinberg
* Sheila Hockin
* Mritunjay Waghmare

Producers|

* James Flynn
* Gary Howsam

Production location| Ireland
Running time| 47–56 minutes
Production companies|

* Reveille Eire
* Working Title Television
* Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
* Octagon Entertainment
* Peace Arch Entertainment
* Showtime Networks
* Screen Ireland

Original release
Network|

* BBC Two (United Kingdom)
* CBC Television (Canada)
* Showtime (United States)

Release| 1 April 2007 (2007-04-01) –
20 June 2010 (2010-06-20)

The Tudors is a historical fiction television series set primarily in 16th-century England, created and written by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime. The series was a collaboration among American, British, and Canadian producers, and was filmed mostly in Ireland. While named after the Tudor dynasty as a whole, it is based specifically upon the reign of King Henry VIII.[1][2]

The series was produced by Peace Arch Entertainment for Showtime in association with Reveille Eire, Working Title Television, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and was filmed in Ireland. The first two episodes debuted on DirecTV, Time Warner Cable OnDemand, Netflix, Verizon FiOS On Demand, Internet Movie Database and on the website of the series before the official premiere on Showtime. The Tudors premiered on 1 April 2007; it was the highest-rated Showtime series in three years.[3] In April 2007, the show was renewed for a second season,[3] and in that month the BBC announced it had acquired exclusive broadcast rights for the series in the United Kingdom, which it started to broadcast on 5 October 2007. The CBC began broadcasting the show on 2 October 2007.[4]

Season Two debuted on Showtime on 30 March 2008, and on BBC 2 on 1 August 2008. Production on Season Three began on 16 June 2008 in Bray, County Wicklow Ireland,[5][6] and that season premiered on Showtime on 5 April 2009, and debuted in Canada on CBC on 30 September 2009. The day after broadcast, downloadable episodes debuted in Canada on MoboVivo.[7]

Showtime announced on 13 April 2009 that it had renewed the show for a fourth and final season. The network ordered ten episodes that were first broadcast on 11 April 2010.[8][9] The series finale was broadcast on 20 June 2010. The final season was shown in Canada on CBC between 22 September and 23 November 2010.

International distribution rights are owned by Sony Pictures Television.

## Synopsis

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of The Tudors episodes.

### Season 1

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Season 1 chronicles the period of Henry VIII's reign in which his effectiveness as king is tested by international conflicts and political intrigue in his own court. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey plays a major part, acting as Henry's trusted advisor.

In episode 1, Wolsey persuades Henry to keep the peace with France, and the two kings meet at Calais to sign a pact of friendship. The pressure of wanting a male heir compels Henry to question his marriage to Queen Catherine of Aragon.[10] He also has a string of affairs and fathers an illegitimate son in episode 2 with his mistress Elizabeth Blount, who is also one of Queen Catherine's ladies-in-waiting. Henry has the traitorous Duke of Buckingham executed.

Anne Boleyn returns from attending the French court, and she catches Henry's eye. Her father and uncle encourage her to seduce the king, though she also falls in love with Henry as the season unfolds. She refuses to become his mistress but insists that he marry her, which pushes him to use Cardinal Wolsey to take action against Queen Katherine. The king instructs Wolsey to get papal agreement for an annulment of his marriage, on the grounds that his wife's previous marriage, to Henry's elder brother Arthur, was indeed consummated. In episode 6, Wolsey makes increasingly desperate efforts to persuade the Catholic Church to grant this, but it proves difficult as a result of the influence wielded over the Pope by Katherine's nephew Emperor Charles V, and this starts to weaken Wolsey's position.

In episode 7, the mysterious sweating sickness arrives in England, killing both the high-born and low-born, and Henry is terrified of catching it; he secludes himself in the countryside away from court with his herbal medicines. Anne Boleyn contracts the illness but recovers. A papal envoy arrives in England to decide on the annulment. The court convenes a special session at which both Henry and Katherine initially are present, and it eventually decides in favor of Katherine. Cardinal Wolsey is stripped of his office as Lord Chancellor in episode 9 and banished to York, where he pleads with the king to restore him to office. Henry chooses his loyal friend Sir Thomas More to be Wolsey's successor as Lord Chancellor.

In the final episode, Wolsey makes one last desperate attempt to save himself by allying himself with his former enemy Queen Katherine, but their plot is discovered and Wolsey kills himself during his imprisonment in the Tower of London after saying a brief prayer apologising for his sins.

### Season 2

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Henry will do whatever it takes to marry Anne Boleyn, even defying Pope Paul III. He prepares to take Anne on a royal visit to France, having demanded loyalty from the English clergy. The papacy in Rome organises an assassination plot against Anne, but this fails.

In episode 3 the newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer annuls Henry's marriage, clearing the way for Henry to marry the by now pregnant Anne, which also increases the growing rift between England and Rome. Bishop Fisher refuses to recognise the validity of Henry's marriage — after Henry issues a decree ordering all his subjects to recognise their new Queen — and is finally joined by Sir Thomas More, who is granted permission by Henry to retire from the chancellorship. In episode 5, Fisher and More's refusal to sign an oath of allegiance recognising Henry's supreme authority as head of the English church eventually leads to their execution.

In episode 6, Thomas Cromwell, who has become Henry's chief advisor, announces his plans to cleanse England of dissenters to the new regime. Also, England's relationship with France is complicated by King Francis's refusal to unite their kingdoms in marriage, thus causing Henry to question his decision to have married Anne. Episode 7 sees an increasingly ill and disillusioned Katherine, who has been forbidden to see her daughter, Lady Mary, and Cromwell has legislation approved by Parliament agreeing to the dissolution of first the smaller and then the larger abbeys and monasteries.

In episode 8, Henry has Cromwell initiate overtures to the Emperor to make peace with Rome as a bulwark against a hostile France, and the king starts to pay court to Jane Seymour after Anne's two miscarriages, which follow the birth of Princess Elizabeth. It is his long-time friend Charles Brandon who, with Cromwell, alerts Henry to Anne's apparent indiscretions, and her fate is sealed. She is conducted to the Tower of London, and her four supposed lovers, one of whom is her own brother, are executed, followed eventually by her own execution — delayed by some hours as a result of the French executioner's late arrival from Calais. Her devious father, who shows little remorse at the death of his son and Anne's impending death, is allowed to go free but is banished from court and is shown leaving the Tower without even acknowledging his daughter waving from her cell window.

On the morning of his queen's execution, Henry enjoys a lavish breakfast, symbolically consisting of the mate of a swan he has seen outside his window, as he looks forward to a new start and heirs with Jane Seymour.

### Season 3

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The third season focuses on Henry's marriages to Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves, the birth of his son Prince Edward, his ruthless suppression of the Pilgrimage of Grace, the downfall of Thomas Cromwell, and the beginnings of Henry's relationship with the free-spirited Catherine Howard.

Henry marries Jane as his third wife, but his honeymoon period is soon spoilt by a growing resentment against the Reformation in the north and east of England. The growing band of rebels disperses in Lincolnshire but gathers strength in Yorkshire, primarily because of its able leaders such as Robert Aske and Lord Darcy. The royal troops, commanded by the Duke of Suffolk, are severely outnumbered and are forced to parley, whilst on the Continent the papacy sends a newly appointed English cardinal to persuade the Spanish and French monarchs to support the English rebellion, called the Pilgrimage of Grace by its followers as their objective is to restore the old Catholic religious practices.

In episode 3, Henry is determined to stop at nothing to suppress the revolt, his fears stirred by remembrances of the Cornish uprising during his father's reign. He deceitfully persuades the rebel leaders to lay down their arms and disperse their followers, promising to hold a Parliament in York to answer all their grievances; this is never held. A second uprising is savagely suppressed and the leaders executed as Henry, via Cromwell, instructs Suffolk to shed quantities of blood to act as an example. Queen Jane goes into labour and produces a son, but she dies soon afterwards. In episode 5, Henry retires from public view, bereft at the loss of his queen, but finally emerges; his first act is to get the church leaders to agree on a new protestant doctrine.

In the ensuing episodes, the king has the last remaining Plantagenet heirs, the Pole family (mother, son, and grandson), put to death as a result of Reginald Pole's attempts to undermine his rule. This creates a schism with Spain and France, and at Cromwell's urging, Henry agrees to an alliance with the Protestant League by marrying Anne of Cleves after first dispatching the English Ambassador to Cleves to negotiate terms, followed by Hans Holbein, who is to paint her likeness. However, Cromwell's plans to bolster the Reformation are undone by Henry's dislike for Anne, whom he calls a 'Flanders mare'. He is unable to consummate his marriage and vents his frustration on Cromwell, which is encouraged by the Duke of Suffolk in league with Edward Seymour, as both want Cromwell removed from office. With his enemies encircling him, Cromwell pleads with Anne of Cleves to submit herself to her husband, but she is powerless to reduce King Henry's antipathy towards her. Finally, Cromwell is taken to the Tower after being accused of being a traitor by the King's Council and, despite writing a letter begging his master's forgiveness, is gruesomely beheaded by an executioner, hungover due to a prior night of drinking with Cromwell's enemies in a final act of vengeance. Only intervention by the commander of the guard delivers Cromwell from his agony.

In the meantime, Sir Francis Bryan is instructed by the Duke of Suffolk to find a woman to rekindle Henry's jaded love interest, and the beautiful and very young Catherine Howard, a relation of the Duke of Norfolk, is introduced at court and catches the King's interest. He beds her in secret, and a new romance begins.

### Season 4

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The fourth and final season covers Henry's ill-fated marriage to Catherine Howard and his final, more congenial marriage to Catherine Parr. The ageing King seeks military glory by capturing Boulogne, France. In his final hours, he is troubled by the ghosts of his dead wives.[11]

Henry marries 17-year-old Catherine Howard and is besotted by her beauty, calling her "his rose without a thorn", and feels rejuvenated. Catherine starts to dally with the King's groom, Thomas Culpepper, and is encouraged by her senior lady-in-waiting, Lady Rochford — Henry's sister-in-law via Anne Boleyn's brother — who is also being bedded by Culpepper. In episode 2, Henry invites his former wife, Anne of Cleves, to court to celebrate Christmas as he wants to reward her for keeping her word to him and for her loyalty. She, in turn, is grateful for the charity he has shown towards her. After the festivities, he is struck down once again by his leg wound — from his former jousting days — while Catherine is with Culpepper.

Feeling the need for company, Henry visits Anne of Cleves and has a brief liaison with her. He and Catherine embark on the royal Passage to the North to forgive the former rebels, accompanied by Princess Mary, who is popular with the King's northern subjects. It is during this period that Catherine and Culpepper consummate their relationship and Catherine falls in love with him. In episode 4, Henry makes friendly overtures to the French ambassador, hoping to prevent an invasion, and Francis Dereham, Catherine's former lover when they both resided with the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, arrives at court and blackmails the queen into making him her private secretary. Some weeks later Henry receives a secret letter about their prior sexual exploits.

In episode 5, the King grants permission to the Earl of Hertford to investigate the queen's alleged liaison with Dereham. He plans to pardon her but is then informed by his Council of her affair with Culpepper — revealed by Dereham under torture — and he has all three executed, along with Lady Rochford, who has gone mad in the Tower. On the scaffold, Catherine states that, although Queen of England, she would have preferred to have been Thomas Culpepper's wife. In episode 6, Henry is courted by both Spain and Rome to form a military alliance against the French, who have allied with the Turks, and he is persuaded to form an alliance with the Holy Roman Emperor and invade France. Thomas Seymour introduces Catherine Parr at court, and she catches the king's eye, even though she is married. Henry pursues her and sends Seymour to the Low Countries to remove him as a love rival.

Military preparations are made, and English troops lay siege to Boulogne, bombarding it with cannon as an Italian engineer digs a tunnel to blow up the castle. Charles Brandon captures a French father and daughter and falls in love with the daughter, Brigitte. At home, Catherine Parr is acting as regent in Henry's absence and uses her power to further the Protestant cause but is checked by Bishop Gardiner and his Catholic faction, supported by Princess Mary. In episode 8, the castle of Boulogne is overcome and the keys to the city handed over to Henry by the French mayor. Henry returns to court in triumph, leaving the Earl of Surrey in charge of the new possession.

At home, Henry is disturbed by the struggle between the Catholic and Protestant factions, and Catherine alienates him through her support of the Protestant reformation. Bishop Gardiner continues his campaign against Protestants and gathers enough evidence to persuade the king to issue an arrest warrant against the queen for heresy. In the meantime, Henry Howard, now Lieutenant General Surrey, loses a disastrous battle at Boulogne, and whilst making an attempt to usurp power from the 'new men' like the Seymours and Richard Rich, he is arrested, tried for treason, and executed, despite the paucity of evidence against him.

In episode 10 an increasingly frail Henry is facing his own mortality. His mind is on the succession, and he appoints the Earl of Hertford to be Lord Protector until Prince Edward comes of age. Catherine, knowing the mortal danger she is in, orders her ladies-in-waiting to destroy all their heretical books and no longer to discuss religious matters; she also submits herself to her husband, and he pardons her. The dying Charles Brandon is reunited with Henry for one final and nostalgic meeting. As the king's own end approaches, the ghosts of Henry's first three wives confront him over their deaths and his treatment of their children. Henry orders his family to spend Christmas at Greenwich, bidding them his final farewell and instructing the princesses Mary and Elizabeth to care for their brother. The final scene has him approving the portrait painted for him by Hans Holbein, depicting him as a virile, youthful King.

## Cast

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Main article: List of The Tudors characters

Role  | Actor  | Seasons

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The King
Henry VIII of England | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | 1–4
The Queens
Katherine of Aragon[10] | Maria Doyle Kennedy | 1–2, 4 (Dream sequence)
Anne Boleyn | Natalie Dormer | 1–2, 4 (Dream sequence)
Jane Seymour | Anita Briem | 2
Annabelle Wallis | 3, 4 (Dream sequence)
Anne of Cleves | Joss Stone | 3–4
Catherine Howard[12] | Tamzin Merchant | 3–4
Catherine Parr | Joely Richardson | 4
The King's Children
Princess Mary, daughter by Catherine of Aragon
Bláthnaid McKeown  | 1
Sarah Bolger | 2–4
Princess Elizabeth, daughter by Anne Boleyn  | Kate Duggan  | 2
Claire MacCauley  | 3
Laoise Murray  | 4
Prince Edward, son by Jane Seymour  | Eoin Murtagh  | 4
Jake Hathaway  | 4
Henry FitzRoy, illegitimate son by Elizabeth Blount  | Zak Jenciragic  | 1
The King's Court
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk | Henry Cavill | 1–4
Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex | James Frain | 1–3
Sir Thomas More | Jeremy Northam | 1–2
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton | Frank McCusker  | 3–4
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk | Henry Czerny | 1
Lady Elizabeth Blount | Ruta Gedmintas | 1
Sir Anthony Knivert | Callum Blue | 1
Sir William Compton | Kristen Holden-Ried | 1
Thomas Tallis | Joe Van Moyland | 1
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham | Steven Waddington | 1
Thomas Wyatt | Jamie Thomas King | 1–2
Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire | Nick Dunning | 1–2
Mary Boleyn | Perdita Weeks | 1–2
George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford | Padraic Delaney | 1–2
Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford | Joanne King | 2–4
Lady Margaret Sheldon | Laura Jane Laughlin  | 2
Mark Smeaton | David Alpay | 2
William Brereton | James Gilbert | 2
Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford | Max Brown | 2–4
Anne Seymour, Countess of Hertford | Emma Hamilton | 3–4
Thomas Seymour | Andrew McNair | 3–4
Sir Richard Rich | Rod Hallett | 2–4
Sir Francis Bryan | Alan van Sprang | 3
George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury | Gavin O'Connor | 3
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey[13] | David O'Hara | 4
Joan Bulmer | Catherine Steadman | 4
Sir Thomas Culpeper | Torrance Coombs | 4
Francis Dereham | Allen Leech | 4
Hans Holbein the Younger | Peter Gaynor  | 1, 3–4
Holy Roman Ambassador Eustace Chapuys | Anthony Brophy | 1–4
French Ambassador Charles de Marillac | Lothaire Bluteau | 4
Sir Henry Norris | Stephen Hogan | 2
Clergy
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York | Sam Neill | 1
Cardinal Campeggio | John Kavanagh | 1–2
John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester | Bosco Hogan | 1–2
Pope Clement VII | Ian McElhinney | 1
Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury | Hans Matheson | 2
Pope Paul III | Peter O'Toole | 2
Cardinal Otto Truchsess von Waldburg | Max von Sydow | 3
Cardinal Reginald Pole | Mark Hildreth | 3
Bishop Stephen Gardiner | Simon Ward | 3–4
Other
Margaret Tudor,[14] an amalgamation of Henry VIII's sisters Margaret and Mary Tudor, Queen of France | Gabrielle Anwar | 1
Francis I of France | Emmanuel Leconte | 1–2
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor | Sebastian Armesto | 1
Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk | Rebekah Wainwright  | 1–4
Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury | Kate O'Toole | 1, 3
Margaret, Lady Bryan | Jane Brennan | 2–4
Philip, Duke of Bavaria | Colin O'Donoghue | 3
William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Brother to Anne of Cleves  | Paul Ronan | 3
Robert Aske | Gerard McSorley | 3
Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Darcy | Colm Wilkinson | 3–4

## Episodes

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Main article: List of The Tudors episodes

Series| Episodes| Originally released

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First released| Last released
1| 10| 1 April 2007 (2007-04-01)| 10 June 2007 (2007-06-10)
2| 10| 30 March 2008 (2008-03-30)| 1 June 2008 (2008-06-01)
3| 8| 5 April 2009 (2009-04-05)| 24 May 2009 (2009-05-24)
4| 10| 11 April 2010 (2010-04-11)| 20 June 2010 (2010-06-20)

## Reception

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Rating  | 64[15] | 68[16] | 74[17] | 63[18]

The premiere of The Tudors on 1 April 2007 was the highest-rated Showtime series debut in three years.[3] On 23 March 2008, The New York Times called The Tudors a "primitively sensual period drama ... [that] critics could take or leave, but many viewers are eating up".[2] A 28 March 2008 review, also by the New York Times, reported that "despite the scorching authenticity of some performances", in particular the "star-making, breakout performance of Natalie Dormer as the defiant, courageous proto-feminist martyr Anne Boleyn" it "fails to live up to the great long-form dramas cable television has produced", largely because "it radically reduces the era's thematic conflicts to simplistic struggles over personal and erotic power".[1] According to the ratings site Metacritic, the show had 64% favourable reviews for the first season, 68% for the second season, 74% for the third season, and 63% for the fourth.

## Ratings

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In the United States, the first-season premiere drew almost 870,000 viewers. The premiere earned a combined one million views online and via cable affiliates.[19]

## Media releases

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DVD Name | Release dates | # of Ep | Additional Information

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Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4
Canada | United States
Season One | 8 January 2008[20] | 10 December 2007[21] | 19 March 2008[22] | 10 | The four-disc box set includes all ten episodes. There is a special edition in United Kingdom, with a headless picture for the cover, exclusive of Amazon.co.uk.[23] This season was released on Blu-ray in Europe and Canada.[24]
Season Two | 11 November 2008[25] | 6 January 2009[26] | 13 October 2008[27] | 7 July 2009[28] | 10 | The three-disc box set includes all ten episodes. This season has also been released on Blu-ray in Europe and Canada.[29]
Season Three | 10 November 2009[30] | 15 December 2009[31] | 7 December 2009[32] | 23 November 2009[33] | 8 | The three disc box set includes all eight episodes. Bonus features include an exclusive tour of Hampton Court and an interview with Joss Stone.
Season Four | 9 November 2010 | 12 October 2010 | 21 March 2011[34] | 24 November 2010[35] | 10 | The three-disc box set includes all ten episodes.

An original soundtrack for each season, composed by Trevor Morris, has been released by Varèse Sarabande.

Season | Release Date | Catalog Number

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Season One | 12 November 2007 | 302 066 867 2
Season Two | 14 April 2009 | 302 066 959 2
Season Three | 24 August 2010 | 302 067 039 2
Season Four | 10 December 2010 | 302 067 049 2

## Awards and nominations

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The Tudors was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Drama Series in 2007. Jonathan Rhys Meyers received two nominations for the Best Actor in a Television Drama Golden Globe, in 2007 and 2008.[36]

The series was nominated for eight Irish Film and Television Awards in 2008 and won seven, including Best Drama Series, acting awards for Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Lead Actor), Nick Dunning (Supporting Actor) and Maria Doyle Kennedy (Supporting Actress), and craft awards for Costume Design, Production Design and Hair/Makeup.[37] Brian Kirk was also nominated for Directing, but lost to Lenny Abrahamson of Prosperity. The series won the 2007 59th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards for Outstanding Costumes for a Series and Outstanding Main Title Theme Music. Later the series won six awards at the Irish Film and Television Awards in 2009, including Drama Series, Director, Actor in a Supporting Role, Actress in a Supporting Role, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair.[38] In 2010, it was nominated for seven Irish Film and Television Awards, winning one in the category Best Supporting Actress in Television (Sarah Bolger).[39] In 2011, it was nominated for six Irish Film and Television Awards, winning three; Drama Series, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair.

## See also

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* List of The Tudors characters
* List of The Tudors episodes

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Bellafante, Ginia (28 March 2008). "Nasty, but Not So Brutish and Short". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
2. ^ a b Gates, Anita (23 March 2008). "The Royal Life (Some Facts Altered)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
3. ^ a b c "Showtime's Tudors continues reign." Variety. 12 April 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
4. ^ "A slightly neutered Tudors." The Toronto Star. 28 September 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
5. ^ "Peace Arch(R) Entertainment Announces Renewal of Hit Series The Tudors." Money.CNN.com Archived 2 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine 24 April 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
6. ^ "Showtime Orders Season Three of The Tudors." The New York Times. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
7. ^ United States (5 May 2009). "MoboVivo Licenses Hollywood Hit Show, The Tudors". Techvibes.com. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
8. ^ "Showtime renews – and ends – The Tudors". The Live Feed. 13 April 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
9. ^ "Showtime Picks Up Fourth And Final Season Of The Tudors". BroadcastingCable.com. 13 April 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
10. ^ a b As established by the series credits and character list on the official website, the show spells the character's name with a "K".
11. ^ "Showtime's Acclaimed Drama Series The Tudors Gets 4th Season Pick-up to End the Saga of Henry VIII". Sho.com. 13 April 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
12. ^ "The Tudors: Season 3, Episode 8". Sho.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
13. ^ Courtney O. (17 June 2009). "David O'Hara Set for The Tudors". MovieWeb.com. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
14. ^ The character of Henry's sister, called "Princess Margaret" in the series, is actually a composite of his two sisters: the life events of his younger sister, Princess Mary Tudor, coupled with the name of his elder sister, Margaret Tudor. This was reportedly done to avoid confusion with Henry's daughter, Mary I of England.
15. ^ "The Tudors: Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
16. ^ "The Tudors: Season 2". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
17. ^ "The Tudors: Season 3". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
18. ^ "The Tudors: Season 4". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
19. ^ 'Tudors’ Reign In Premiere On Showtime Multichannel News, 6 April 2007
20. ^ "The Tudors: The Complete First Season". Amazon. January 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
21. ^ "The Tudors: Complete BBC Series 1". Amazon.co.uk. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
22. ^ "The Tudors: Complete Third Series". ezydvd.com.au. 19 March 2008. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
23. ^ "The Tudors: Complete BBC Series 1 (Limited Edition 'Headless' Sleeve)". Amazon.co.uk. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
24. ^ "The Tudors: Complete BBC Series 1 (Blu-ray)". Amazon.co.uk. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
25. ^ The Tudors: The Complete Second Season – Futureshop.ca
26. ^ "The Tudors DVD news: Delay for The Tudors – The Complete 2nd Season". TVShowsOnDVD.com. 25 May 2007. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
27. ^ "The Tudors: Complete BBC Series 2". Amazon.co.uk. 13 October 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
28. ^ "The Tudors: Complete Third Series". ezydvd.com.au. 7 July 2009. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
29. ^ "The Tudors: Complete BBC Series 2 (Blu-ray)". Amazon.co.uk. 13 October 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
30. ^ "The Tudors: The Complete Third Season". TVShowsOnDVD. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
31. ^ "The Tudors Season 3 DVD". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
32. ^ "The Tudors: Complete Third Series". Amazon.co.uk. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
33. ^ "The Tudors: Complete Third Series". ezydvd.com.au. 23 November 2009. Archived from the original on 16 December 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
34. ^ "The Tudors: The Complete Fourth Season". Amazon.co.uk. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
35. ^ "Tudors, The – The Complete 4th Season: The Final Seduction (3 Disc Set)". Ezydvd.com.au. 24 November 2010. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
36. ^ "Hollywood Foreign Press Association 2008 Golden Globe Awards For The Year Ended 31 December 2007". HFPA. 2007. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2007.
37. ^ The Irish Film & Television Awards: 2008 Winners – IFTA.ie Retrieved 12 March 2008.
38. ^ The Irish Film & Television Awards: 2009 Winners – IFTA.ie Retrieved 16 March 2014.
39. ^ The Irish Film & Television Awards: 2010 Winners – IFTA.ie Retrieved 16 March 2014.

## References

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* Burr, Oliver. The Secret Life of Henry VIII. Edinburgh University Press, Scotland, 1996.
* Davies, Norman. The Isles: A History. Oxford University Press, USA, 2001.
* Ives, Eric. The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn. Wiley-Blackwell, 2005.
* Sue Parrill and William B. Robison, The Tudors on Film and Television. McFarland, 2013. ISBN 978-0786458912

## External links

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* The Eleventh Hour (2005)
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* Slings & Arrows (2007)
* Intelligence (2008)
* Flashpoint (2009)
* The Tudors (2010)
* The Borgias (2011)

Canadian Screen Awards
(2012–present)|

* Flashpoint (2012)
* Orphan Black (2013)
* Orphan Black (2014)
* 19-2 (2015)
* Orphan Black (2016)
* Anne with an E (2017)
* Anne with an E (2018)
* Cardinal (2019)
* Transplant (2020)
* Transplant (2021)
* The Porter (2022)
* Little Bird (2023)
* Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (2024)

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

1990s|

* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine by Dennis McCarthy (1993)
* seaQuest DSV by John Debney (1994)
* Star Trek: Voyager by Jerry Goldsmith (1995)
* Murder One by Mike Post (1996)
* EZ Streets by Mark Isham (1997)
* Fame L.A. by Robbie Buchanan, Maribeth Derry, Richard Barton Lewis, and Tom Snow (1998)
* Trinity by Martin Davich (1999)

2000s|

* The West Wing by W. G. Snuffy Walden (2000)
* Gideon's Crossing by James Newton Howard (2001)
* Six Feet Under by Thomas Newman (2002)
* Monk by Jeff Beal (2003)
* Monk by Randy Newman (2004)
* Desperate Housewives by Danny Elfman (2005)
* Masters of Horror by Edward Shearmur (2006)
* The Tudors by Trevor Morris (2007)
* Pirate Master by Russ Landau (2008)
* Great Performances by John Williams (2009)

2010s|

* Nurse Jackie by Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin (2010)
* The Borgias by Trevor Morris (2011)
* Page Eight by Paul Englishby (2012)
* Da Vinci's Demons by Bear McCreary (2013)
* Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey by Alan Silvestri (2014)
* Transparent by Dustin O'Halloran (2015)
* Marvel's Jessica Jones by Sean Callery (2016)
* Stranger Things by Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon (2017)
* Godless by Carlos Rafael Rivera (2018)
* Succession by Nicholas Britell (2019)

2020s|

* Hollywood by Nathan Barr (2020)
* The Flight Attendant by Blake Neely (2021)
* The White Lotus by Cristobal Tapia de Veer (2022)
* Wednesday by Danny Elfman (2023)
* Palm Royale by Jeff Toyne (2024)

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Paramount+ with Showtime original programming

Current and upcoming

| Current|

* The Agency (since 2024)
* The Chi (since 2018)
* Couples Therapy (since 2019)
* The Curse (since 2023)
* Dexter: Original Sin (since 2024)
* Dexter: Resurrection (since 2025)
* Dreaming Whilst Black (since 2023)
* Yellowjackets (since 2021)

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Former

| 1980s debuts|

* 33 Brompton Place (1982)
* Bizarre (1980–1985)
* Brothers (1984–1989)
* Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre (1982–1987)
* It's Garry Shandling's Show (1986–1990)
* Nightmare Classics (1989)
* The Paper Chase (1983–1986)
* Showtime Championship Boxing (1986–2023)
* Super Dave (1987–1994)
* Tall Tales & Legends (1985–1987)
* Thunderbirds 2086 (1983)
* Video Concert Hall (1980–1984)

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1990s debuts|

* American Heroes and Legends (1992–1993)
* Beggars and Choosers (1999–2000)
* Beverly Hills Bordello (1996–1998)
* A Bunch of Munsch (1991–1992)
* The Busy World of Richard Scarry (1994–1997)
* Chris Cross (1994–1995)
* Dead Man's Gun (1997–1999)
* The Hoop Life (1999–2000)
* Linc's (1998–2000)
* The Outer Limits (1995–2000)
* OWL/TV (1992–1997)
* Picture Windows (1994)
* Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996–1999)
* Ready or Not (1993–1995)
* Red Shoe Diaries (1992–1999)
* Rude Awakening (1998–2001)
* Stargate SG-1 (1997–2002)
* Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998)
* Total Recall 2070 (1999)
* Women: Stories of Passion (1996–1999)

2000s debuts|

* American Candidate (2004)
* Barbershop: The Series (2005)
* Big Brother: After Dark (2007–2012)
* Body Language (2008–2010)
* Brotherhood (2006–2008)
* Californication (2007–2014)
* The Chris Isaak Show (2001–2004)
* Dead Like Me (2003–2004)
* Deeper Throat (2009)
* Dexter (2006–2013)
* Elite Xtreme Combat (2007–2008)
* Family Business (2003–2006)
* Fat Actress (2005)
* Free for All (2003)
* Going to California (2001–2002)
* Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League (2009)
* Huff (2004–2006)
* Inside the NFL (2008–2021)
* Jeremiah (2002–2004)
* Kama Sutra (2000)
* The L Word (2004–2009)
* Lady Chatterley's Stories (2000–2001)
* Leap Years (2001–2002)
* Lock 'n Load (2009)
* Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
* Meadowlands (2007)
* Nurse Jackie (2009–2015)
* Odyssey 5 (2002)
* Out of Order (2003)
* Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003–2010)
* Queer as Folk (2000–2005)
* Queer Duck (2002–2004)
* Resurrection Blvd. (2000–2002)
* Street Time (2002–2003)
* Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2008–2011)
* ShoMMA (2009–2012)
* ShoXC (2007–2008)
* Sleeper Cell (2005–2006)
* Soul Food (2000–2004)
* Tracey Ullman's State of the Union (2008–2010)
* The Tudors (2007–2010)
* The Underground (2006)
* This American Life (2007–2009)
* United States of Tara (2009–2011)
* Weeds (2005–2012)

2010s debuts|

* 60 Minutes Sports (2013–2017)
* The Affair (2014–2019)
* Beach Heat: Miami (2010–2012)
* The Big C (2010–2013)
* Billions (2016–2023)
* Black Monday (2019–2021)
* The Borgias (2011–2013)
* City on a Hill (2019–2022)
* The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (2016–2023)
* Dark Net (2016–2017)
* Dave's Old Porn (2011–2012)
* Desus & Mero (2019–2022)
* Dice (2016–2017)
* Escape at Dannemora (2018)
* Episodes (2011–2017)
* The Fourth Estate (2018)
* The Franchise (2011–2012)
* Gigolos (2011–2016)
* The Green Room with Paul Provenza (2010–2011)
* Guerrilla (2017)
* Happyish (2015)
* Homeland (2011–2020)
* House of Lies (2012–2016)
* I'm Dying Up Here (2017–2018)
* Inside Comedy (2012–2015)
* Inside NASCAR (2010–2012)
* Just Another Immigrant (2018)
* Kidding (2018–2020)
* The L Word: Generation Q (2019–2023)
* La La Land (2010)
* Look: The Series (2010)
* The Loudest Voice (2019)
* Masters of Sex (2013–2016)
* On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019)
* Our Cartoon President (2018–2020)
* Patrick Melrose (2018)
* Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)
* Polyamory: Married & Dating (2012–2013)
* Ray Donovan (2013–2020)
* The Real L Word (2010–2012)
* Roadies (2016)
* Shameless (2011–2021)
* Shangri-La (2019)
* SMILF (2017–2019)
* Submission (2016)
* Time of Death (2013)
* Twin Peaks (2017)
* Web Therapy (2011–2015)
* White Famous (2017)
* Who Is America? (2018)
* Work in Progress (2019–2021)
* Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men (2019)
* Years of Living Dangerously (2014)

2020s debuts|

* American Gigolo (2022)
* American Rust (2021)
* Bellator MMA (2021–2023)
* Cinema Toast (2021)
* The Comey Rule (2020)
* Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court (2023)
* Dexter: New Blood (2021–2022)
* Everything's Gonna Be All White (2022)
* Fellow Travelers (2023)
* The First Lady (2022)
* Flatbush Misdemeanors (2021–2022)
* A Gentleman in Moscow (2024)
* George & Tammy (2022–2023)
* Ghosts of Beirut (2023)
* The Good Lord Bird (2020)
* Gossip (2021)
* I Love That for You (2022)
* Let the Right One In (2022)
* The Lincoln Project (2022)
* Love Fraud (2020)
* The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022)
* Moonbase 8 (2020)
* Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020)
* Super Pumped (2022)
* Vice (2020–2023)
* Waco: The Aftermath (2023)
* The Woman in the Wall (2024)
* Your Honor (2020–2023)
* Ziwe (2021–2022)

See also
Paramount+
Showtime (OTT)
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