On his deathbed Tudor King Henry VIII remembers his long reign, especially the crucial part his six marriages played in it, without producing the male heir he desired most to prevent civil wars ...

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has concluded filming - and the first look images look incredible. The new snaps reveal the cast for the latest season, including Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, Damian Lewis as King Henry VIII ...

The BBC and Masterpiece PBS have revealed first-look images from Wolf Hall ... Lewis reprise their roles as Thomas Cromwell ...

King Henry VIII was King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. He is best known for having six wives, whom he either divorced, had beheaded or died - except for Catherine Parr who survived ...

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 ...