Leading Role: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Natalie Dormer, Nick Dunning, Maria Doyle Kennedy, James Frain, Padraic Delaney, Jeremy Northam

Director: Michael Hirst

Region: Region Free

Genre: Drama

TV Series Release Date: 2007

Studio: Showtime Entertainment 

Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

Language: English with removable subtitles

Format: Support both NTSC & PAL

Boxset Discs: 10 pcs

Boxed Set: Season 1 2

Weight: 1.00 kg

Summary

This costume drama features England's splendid Renaissance dynasty under King Henry VIII. Beginning in Season 1 when Henry VIII was growing desperate for an heir and growing distant from his first wife, the series moves quickly to the period when Anne Boelyn became his obsession. During this time Cardinal Wolsey rose to become the power behind his throne, ruling ruthlessly and nearly absolutely while Henry (played by Johnathon Rhyes Meyers) for the most part followed the Cardinal's advice, maneuvering through a series of betrayals and plots against him. When Anne Boelyn plays much harder to get than any woman ever has, Henry begins to search for a way out of his marriage to Katherine of Aragon, so that he can make Anne his wife. Needing a divorce, Henry turns to Wolsey, who promises to help him create waves of backlash from the church, as well as the Spanish Habsburg dynasty and its overseas empire. Against this background, gyrate the private lives and political intrigues of several members of the royal court and chancery. This includes Henry's friend and his sister Margaret's true love Charles Brandon, the Habsburg ambassadors, greedy and power-hungry schemers, their incidental victims and composer Thomas Tallis...