The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family
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The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family

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An epic three-part series that charts the rise and fall of the Boleyn family. This story of love, sex, betrayal and obsession is told from the unique perspective of the Boleyn family. This story is brought to life through dramatic reconstruction using 16th Century original sources and the inside view of some of the world’s leading Tudor experts.
IMDb 7.2/102022
DocumentaryHistoricalIntense
DocumentaryHistoricalIntense
IMDb 7.2/102022
Season 1
3 episodes

  • 1. Ambition

    1. Ambition

    Thomas Boleyn is the family patriarch determined to elevate the Boleyn name. His ambitions for his three children will take them to the heart of the Tudor Court.
    Thomas Boleyn is the family patriarch determined to elevate the Boleyn name. His ambitions for his three children will take them to the heart of the Tudor Court.
    TV-PG
    53min
    Aug 27, 2022
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  • 2. Desire

    2. Desire

    Anne returns to England from France, a beauty with a sophistication not seen in many of the ladies of Henry VIII’s Tudor court. She is intelligent and has perfected the wiles of a courtier and the King is enchanted. Her family must play the long game to catch a King as Anne makes a play for the biggest prize in the kingdom and in doing so, changes the course of British history.
    Anne returns to England from France, a beauty with a sophistication not seen in many of the ladies of Henry VIII’s Tudor court. She is intelligent and has perfected the wiles of a courtier and the King is enchanted. Her family must play the long game to catch a King as Anne makes a play for the biggest prize in the kingdom and in doing so, changes the course of British history.
    TV-PG
    52min
    Aug 19, 2021
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  • 3. The Fall

    3. The Fall

    Anne makes her play for the biggest prize in the kingdom and in so doing changes the course of British history. The Boleyns have no idea of the high price they will have to pay. And see how the Boleyn legacy lived on through Anne’s daughter Elizabeth, the greatest Tudor Queen and a Boleyn.
    Anne makes her play for the biggest prize in the kingdom and in so doing changes the course of British history. The Boleyns have no idea of the high price they will have to pay. And see how the Boleyn legacy lived on through Anne’s daughter Elizabeth, the greatest Tudor Queen and a Boleyn.
    TV-PG
    54min
    Aug 26, 2021
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    • The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family
    DocumentaryHistoricalIntense
    IMDb 7.2/102022
    An epic three-part series that charts the rise and fall of the Boleyn family. This story of love, sex, betrayal and obsession is told from the unique perspective of the Boleyn family. This story is brought to life through dramatic reconstruction using 16th Century original sources and the inside view of some of the world’s leading Tudor experts.
    Creators and Cast
    Directors
    Richard Curson SmithKatie GreeningEmma Frank
    Producers
    Maxine WatsonRichard Curson SmithKathryn EllingerKatie GreeningEmma Frank
    Cast
    Shelley ConnElizabeth McCaffertyPhilip BrodieRoger EvansMax DowlerRafaelle CohenRosaleen Cunningham-DayPano MastiSam RetfordMatthew BrenherKaisa Hammarlund
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    PBS
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