"The Tudors" Episode #1.2 (2007)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Charles McDougall

Writers:

Michael Hirst (creator)
Michael Hirst (written by)

TV Series:

"The Tudors" (2007)

Original Air Date:

8 April 2007 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Drama | History | Romance | War

Plot:

Henry and his court look to sign the treaty with France, though tempers of both kings flare up at the summit. Meanwhile, Henry takes on a new mistress named Mary Boleyn, though he soon tires of her and Mary's sister, Anne, is summoned to the court.

Plot Keywords:

Treaty | France | Engagement | Cardinal Wolsey | Fireworks

Cast

Jonathan Rhys Meyers	...	King Henry VIII
Sam Neill	...	Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Callum Blue	...	Anthony Knivert
Henry Cavill	...	Charles Brandon
Henry Czerny	...	Norfolk
Natalie Dormer	...	Anne Boleyn
Maria Doyle Kennedy	...	Queen Catherine of Aragon
Nick Dunning	...	Thomas Boleyn
Jeremy Northam	...	Sir Thomas More
Kristen Holden-Ried	...	William Compton (as Kris Holden-Ried)
John Kavanagh	...	Cardinal Campeggio
Steven Waddington	...	Duke of Buckingham
Ruta Gedmintas	...	Elizabeth Blount
Emmanuel Leconte	...	King Francis I
Joe Van Moyland	...	Thomas Tallis

Runtime:

54 min

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Ardmore Studios - Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland

Company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Goofs:

Continuity: When the Duke of Buckingham is too afraid to let go of the chopping block, Anthony Knivert comes up to stretch out his arms for him. In the next shot of the Duke, he is still holding onto the block, and then just before the ax falls in the last shot of him, his arms are stretched out again.

Quotes:

King Henry VIII: On pain of death, Stay!