
The pressure of wanting a male heir compels Henry to question his marriage to Queen Catherine of Aragon. In Episode 1, Wolsey persuades Henry to keep the peace with France, and the two kings meet at Calais to sign pact of friendship. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey plays a major part, acting as Henry's trusted advisor. Season 1 chronicles the period of Henry VIII's reign in which his effectiveness as king is tested by international conflicts and political intrigue in his own court. International distribution rights are owned by Sony Pictures Television.įor a more comprehensive list, see List of The Tudors episodes. The final season was shown in Canada on CBC starting 22 September 2010, and ending on 23 November 2010.
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The series finale was broadcast on 20 June 2010. The network ordered 10 episodes that were first broadcast on 11 April 2010. Showtime announced 13 April 2009, that it had renewed the show for a fourth and final season. The day after broadcast, downloadable episodes debuted in Canada on MoboVivo. Production on Season Three began on 16 June 2008 in Bray, County Wicklow Ireland, and that season premiered on Showtime on 5 April 2009, and debuted in Canada on CBC on 30 September 2009. Season Two debuted on Showtime on 30 March 2008, and on BBC 2 on 1 August 2008. The CBC began broadcasting the show on 2 October 2007.

In April 2007, the show was renewed for a second season, and in that month the BBC announced it had acquired exclusive broadcast rights for the series in the United Kingdom, which it started to broadcast on 5 October 2007.

The Tudors premiered on 1 April 2007 it was the highest-rated Showtime series in three years.
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The first two episodes debuted on DirecTV, Time Warner Cable OnDemand, Netflix, Verizon FiOS On Demand, Internet Movie Database and on the website of the series before the official premiere on Showtime. The series was produced by Peace Arch Entertainment for Showtime in association with Reveille Productions, Working Title Television, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and was filmed in Ireland. It is named after the Tudor dynasty as a whole, although it is based specifically upon the reign of King Henry VIII. The series was a collaboration among American, British, and Canadian producers, and was filmed mostly in Ireland. The Tudors is a historical fiction television series set primarily in 16th-century England, created and written by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime.
