TELEVISION

Boleyns: A Scandalous Family - Season 1

Series: Boleyns: A Scandalous Family

4.3

(33)

Episodes

Rating

TVPG

Year

2022

Language

English

Publisher

PBS

About

The story of the rise and fall of the Boleyn family during the reign of Henry VIII. Told through the narration of historical academics juxtaposed with actors performing several significant scenes.

Related Subjects

History

Episodes

1. Ambition

Thomas Boleyn is the family patriarch determined to elevate the Boleyn name. His ambitions for his three children will take them to the heart of the Tudor Court.

2. Desire

Anne returns to England from France, a beauty with a sophistication not seen in many of the ladies of Henry VIII's Tudor court. She is intelligent and has perfected the wiles of a courtier and the King is enchanted. Her family must play the long game to catch a King as Anne makes a play for the biggest prize in the kingdom and in doing so, changes the course of British history.

3. The Fall

Anne makes her play for the biggest prize in the kingdom and in so doing changes the course of British history. The Boleyns have no idea of the high price they will have to pay. And see how the Boleyn legacy lived on through Anne's daughter Elizabeth, the greatest Tudor Queen and a Boleyn.