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Season 3

8 episodes · 5th April 2009

Henry's marriage to Jane Seymour is happy, fruitful and tragically short; the king brutally suppresses a rebellion against his religious reforms; England, Spain and the Pope ally against England, forcing Henry to marry a Protestant.

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01 Civil Unrest still Civil Unrest Episode 15th April 2009 King Henry marries for the third time, taking as his queen the demure noblewoman Jane Seymour. A growing number of his subjects protest the king's decision to abandon the Catholic Church. 02 The Northern Uprising still The Northern Uprising Episode 212th April 2009 The uproar over the king's break with the Catholic Church turns into a full-blown rebellion that comes to be known as "The Pilgrimage of Grace." Immobilized by an old jousting injury, Henry sends Charles Brandon to deal with the uprising and focuses his attention on the Lady Ursula Misseldon. 03 Dissention and Punishment still Dissention and Punishment Episode 319th April 2009 Henry reconciles with his estranged daughters Mary and Elizabeth in time for the Christmas holidays, but betrays and brutally suppresses the rebellion against him after making conciliatory promises to the uprising's leaders. 04 The Death of a Queen still The Death of a Queen Episode 426th April 2009 The leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising are put to death, but Brandon is disturbed by the cruelty and mercilessness of the suppression; Henry celebrates the birth of a son but his joy is short-lived as Queen Jane dies within days. 05 Problems in the Reformation still Problems in the Reformation Episode 53rd May 2009 Henry remains in seclusion while mourning the queen's death, an opportunity that enemies of the crown seize to murder several friends of the court; Cromwell is disturbed when Henry doesn't resist his new church's similarities to Catholicism. 06 Search for a New Queen still Search for a New Queen Episode 610th May 2009 Matchmaking begins in earnest as Cromwell schemes to secure the Reformation by marrying Henry to a Protestant wife - but the king's marital reputation precedes him; the condition of Henry's wounded leg turns life-threatening. 07 Protestant Anne of Cleves still Protestant Anne of Cleves Episode 717th May 2009 War looms with France and Spain aligning against England with backing from Rome, so Henry agrees to a politically fortuitous marriage with Anne of Cleves (Joss Stone), a plain and unsophisticated German aristocrat he has never met. 08 The Undoing of Cromwell still The Undoing of Cromwell Episode 824th May 2009 Henry moves swiftly to annul his loveless marriage to Anne of Cleves, and beds a new mistress, 17-year-old Katherine Howard; Princess Mary falls in love with Duke Philip of Bavaria; Cromwell's fall from favor is sudden and dramatic.
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01 Jonathan Rhys Meyers profile Jonathan Rhys Meyersas Henry VIII of England 02 Henry Cavill profile Henry Cavillas Charles Brandon 03 Sarah Bolger profile Sarah Bolgeras Mary Tudor 04 Max Brown profile Max Brownas Edward Seymour 05 David O'Hara profile David O'Haraas Henry Howard 06 Lothaire Bluteau profile Lothaire Bluteauas Ambassador Charles de Marillac 07 Tamzin Merchant profile Tamzin Merchantas Catherine Howard 08 Torrance Coombs profile Torrance Coombsas Thomas Culpepper 09 Anthony Brophy profile Anthony Brophyas Ambassador Eustace Chapuys 10 Laoise Murray profile Laoise Murrayas Princess Elizabeth Tudor 11 Eoin Murtagh profile Eoin Murtaghas Prince Edward Tudor 12 Michael Hirst profile Michael HirstWriter / Creator
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