The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family

Season 1

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.

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S1 E1 - Ambition
August 27, 2022
53min
TV-PG
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.
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S1 E2 - Desire
September 4, 2022
52min
TV-PG
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.
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S1 E3 - The Fall
September 11, 2022
54min
TV-PG
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.
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