
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.
Henry defeats a political foe but faces his mortality; the ghosts of Henry's queens appear.
Accusations of heresy are made against the queen; Lord Surrey faces the ultimate penalty.
One of Henry's officers engineers a sudden victory; the king's health is weakened; Brandon returns from France.
Henry marries Catherine Parr; Catherine stabilizes Henry's household.