The Tudors

Season 3

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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.

8 Episodes

  • Civil Unrest
    E1
    Civil UnrestKing 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.
  • The Northern Uprising
    E2
    The Northern UprisingThe 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.
  • Dissention and Punishment
    E3
    Dissention and PunishmentHenry 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.
  • The Death of a Queen
    E4
    The Death of a QueenThe 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.
  • Problems in the Reformation
    E5
    Problems in the ReformationHenry 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.
  • Search for a New Queen
    E6
    Search for a New QueenMatchmaking 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.
  • Protestant Anne of Cleves
    E7
    Protestant Anne of ClevesWar 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.
  • The Undoing of Cromwell
    E8
    The Undoing of CromwellHenry 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.

Cast of Season 3

  • Jonathan Rhys MeyersHenry VIII of England
  • Henry CavillCharles Brandon
  • James FrainThomas Cromwell
  • Annabelle WallisJane Seymour
  • Joss StoneAnne of Cleves
  • Tamzin MerchantCatherine Howard
  • Max von SydowCardinal Von Waldburg
  • Alan van SprangSir Francis Bryan
  • Claire MacCauleyPrincess Elizabeth Tudor
  • Anthony BrophyAmbassador Eustace Chapuys
  • Sarah BolgerPrincess Mary Tudor
  • Andrew McNairSir Thomas Seymour
  • Simon WardBishop Stephen Gardiner
  • Michael HirstWriter
  • James FlynnProducer
  • Bob MunroeProducer
  • John WeberProducer

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