Henry VIII and His Six Wives - Season 1 - Eps 4: Catherine Howard & Catherine Parr
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.
About Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Title: Henry VIII and His Six Wives
First Air Date: 2016-04-15
Last Air Date: 2016-05-06
Status: Ended
Rating: 8.8/10 (from 4 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 4
Network: 5
Genres: Documentary, Drama
Production Companies: Oxford Film and Television
Synopsis
Henry VIII is the most infamous monarch in English history. Famously he married six times over his 36 year reign. The six queens were formidable individuals. Some were ambitious, some brave, some ruthless - and between them they shaped the man who began as a Renaissance prince, became a monster and ended a regretful old man. In turn they shaped England itself. Presented jointly Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Jones, this is 4-Part series is an original and enlightening look at the real people at the centre of the action during one of the most turbulent, passionate and violent periods in English history.
Cast
Dan Jones
Self - Presenter
Suzannah Lipscomb
Self - Presenter
