The Tudors - Complete Series 2 (DVD)

Plot: Tells the story of the young King Henry VIII, from just before his marriage to Anne Boleyn. The series covers a number of interweving plot-lines - the fall and banishment of Catherine of Aragon, the estrangement between Henry and the young Princess Mary, the strained relationship between Henry and King Francis of France, the birth of the Princess Elizabeth and Anne's struggle to produce a male heir to the throne, Henry's numeros realtionships with mistresses and the stuggle of the Boleyn family not to lose their control of the king to these women's families, the power struggles between England, Spain, and the Vatican, and the martyredom of Sir Thomas More - this ...  Read the complete review

The Tudors series 2 was released on DVD in October 2008 and the box set is rated 15 due to violence and sex scenes. Series 2 consists of 4 discs that run for 8 hours and 23 minutes. Plot As the first series ended, we saw that the church had not yet given the King an annulment to his wife, Katherine of Aragon. Henry VIII quickly grows annoyed and marries his mistress, Anne Boleyn, in secret anyway and gives her every right as a Queen. All Henry VII wants is a son and heir but it seems that even Anne isn't able to give him that and he soon realises that she has been manipulating him. As the Catholic church denied his request for a divorce and ...  Read the complete review

The Tudors explores the life and loves of Henry VIII. Under the influence of Cromwell, the Catholic Church begins to fall apart and the reformation begins. In season 2, Henry grows impatient with the Church's inability to grant him an annulment from Katherine of Aragon and so marries his favoured mistress, Anne Boleyn, in secret. He gives her queenly status, however is soon disappointed as she gives birth not to a son, but to a girl, Elizabeth. Nevertheless, Henry's dislike of Katherine is so strong that a bill is passed so that Elizabeth and any other children Anne may have are to succeed his first daughter Mary to the throne. Those that ...  Read the complete review