The Tudors - Season 1 May 2026

: Encouraged by her ambitious family, Anne Boleyn (Natalie Dormer) captures the King's attention but shrewdly refuses to become his mistress, insisting instead on marriage.

: Henry’s relationship with his first wife, Catherine of Aragon (Maria Doyle Kennedy), deteriorates as she fails to produce a living son. The Tudors - Season 1

The first season of the Showtime series The Tudors (2007) is a sumptuous, high-energy historical drama that chronicles the early reign of King Henry VIII from approximately 1518 to 1530. It moves away from traditional, "stodgy" depictions of the monarch, instead presenting a young, athletic, and virile Henry (played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers) as he navigates the complex intersections of sexual passion, religious upheaval, and high-stakes power politics. : Encouraged by her ambitious family, Anne Boleyn