Secrets of the Six Wives
Historian Lucy Worsley visits the time of Henry VIII and tells the story of his six successive wives.
- 2016-2016
- 1 season
- PBS
- Documentary, Drama
- TV-PG
Historian Lucy Worsley visits the time of Henry VIII and tells the story of his six successive wives.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2016
Episode 1
Divorced
Sun, Jan 22, 2017 57 mins
Historian Lucy Worsley takes a close look at the first two of Henry VIII's six wives: Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn.
Episode 2
Beheaded, Died
Sun, Jan 29, 2017 57 mins
Henry VIII annuls his marriage to Catherine and marries Anne Boleyn. who gives birth to Henry's second daughter, Elizabeth I. After being accused of adultery, Anne is executed. She is succeeded by wife number 3, Jane Seymour.
Episode 3
Divorced, Beheaded, Survived
Sun, Feb 5, 2017 54 mins
Lucy covers the fates of wives number 4 to 6: German-born Anne of Cleves, the teenage queen Catherine Howard, and Katherine Parr, the only queen to outlive Henry as his wife.
