
This Showtime drama focuses on the early years of King Henry VIII's nearly 40-year reign (1509-1547) of England. The series looks at Henry's famous female companions like Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn and delves into his relationships with important figures like Sir Thomas More, Cardinal Wolsey (head of the Catholic Church of England during its break with Rome) and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, who was Henry's best friend and unofficial adviser.

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Henry moves to annul his marriage to Anne of Cleves and beds a new mistress; Princess Mary falls in love with Duke Philip of Bavaria; Cromwell falls from favor.

France and Spain, with backing from Rome, align against England; Henry agrees to a marriage with Anne of Cleves.

Cromwell schemes to secure the Reformation by finding Henry a Protestant wife; Henry's wounded leg turns life-threatening.

Henry remains in seclusion; enemies of the crown use the king's absence to their advantage; Cromwell is disturbed when Henry does not resist the new church's similarities to Roman Catholicism.