Episode 1

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Episode 1 of 6, The Tudors, Series 3

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

1536. Wedded to Jane Seymour, Henry hopes for stability and a son. However, Henry's bliss is soon disturbed by an insurrection of commoners against the suppression of the Catholic church in Yorkshire, and fears that those closer to home, including Jane and the Duke of Suffolk and Charles Brandon, sympathise with the rebels' cause.

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Fri 21 Aug 2009 21:10 BBC Two except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)

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Henry VIII
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Thomas Cromwell
James Frain
Charles Brandon
Henry Cavill
Jane Seymour
Annabelle Wallis
Sir Francis Bryan
Alan van Sprang
Robert Aske
Gerard McSorley
Cardinal von Waldburg
Max von Sydow
Lady Mary Tudor
Sarah Bolger
Director
Ciaran Donnelly
Writer
Michael Hirst

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