The 1970s gave us the sober seriousness of BBC Two’s The Six Wives of Henry VIII – but also the romping Carry on Henry (tagline: “a great guy with his chopper”). Yet by the early 2000s ...

However, when Anne failed to produce a son to carry on Henry's legacy, even she wasn't safe. Henry VIII is well known as the lusty, powerful monarch who had six wives and broke with the Church of ...

In “The Waiting Game,” the historian Nicola Clark tells a lively and vivid story of the women who served Henry VIII’s queens.

became King Henry VIII. Soon after he obtained the papal dispensation required to allow him to marry his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon. In the first years of his reign Henry VIII ...

King Henry VIII was “un-woke”, but should still be portrayed on television, Damian Lewis has insisted. The British actor, 53, ...

Wolf Hall depicts the life of one of Henry VIII's (Damian Lewis) most infamous advisors Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance), with the tumultuous reign of the tyrannical dictator seen through his eyes.

Wolf Hall continues to explore the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell against the backdrop of his ruler Henry VIII's tumultuous reign and scandalous personal life. The latest episode of the BBC show ...

Wolf Hall episode five saw Thomas Cromwell make a major misstep with his marriage plans for Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves, with the union clearly being a total disaster. While Henry is wedded to ...