Henry VIII and His Six Wives - Season 1

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Katherine of Aragon

1 - Katherine of Aragon

Air Date: April 15, 2016

Dan and Suzannah recount the fateful unions Henry had with his first two wives, Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn.

Anne Boleyn

2 - Anne Boleyn

Air Date: April 22, 2016

Drama documentary series in which historians Dan Jones and Suzannah Lipscomb bring to life the scandal, romance and betrayal that characterised Henry VIII's six marriages. Dan and Suzannah recount how Henry changed history to divorce Katherine of Aragon and marry the woman who had captivated him, Anne Boleyn.

Jane Seymour & Anne of Cleves

3 - Jane Seymour & Anne of Cleves

Air Date: April 29, 2016

Catherine Howard & Catherine Parr

4 - Catherine Howard & Catherine Parr

Air Date: May 6, 2016

In 1539, after four failed marriages and only one sickly son and two daughters to succeed him, Henry VIII fell in love with seductive teenager Catherine Howard, first cousin of his second queen, Anne Boleyn. However, Catherine turned out to have a hidden sexual past. In the kindly, mature Catherine Parr he seemed to have found the perfect wife, but as historians Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Jones recall when she tried to push Henry into religious reform, she too came within hours of the executioner's block.