It's 1536. Henry's love for Anne Boleyn has given way to anger and distrust. His attention now fixed on Jane Seymour, Henry instructs Cromwell to rid him of his second Queen.

1535:- Henry has declared himself head of the English church though he is not recognized by the Holy Roman Emperor or his ambassador Chapuys. Anne is pregnant again and aware of Henry's interest in…

1533:- Having given birth to Elizabeth Anne declares Katherine's daughter Mary a bastard and orders Thomas to arrange a French marriage for her child. Scheming lady-in-waiting Jane Rochford, Anne's…

Now in the ascendancy where the king is concerned Thomas - to the horror of Katherine of Aragon - proposes a bill making Henry the head of the English church - which is passed by the privy council.…

At Anne Boleyn's behest the dying Wolsey is exiled to York whilst Thomas, despite Anne's uncle the Duke of Norfolk and the baleful bishop Gardiner, attempts in vain to restore the cardinal to the…

Thomas Cromwell's (Mark Rylance) patron, Cardinal Wolsey (Jonathan Pryce), is dismissed as Lord Chancellor and forced to flee his palace at York Place. The old noble families of England, jealous of…