Edward and Mary: The Unknown Tudors
Season 1
Mary (who was to become England's first reigning Queen since Matilda but who is best known to generations of British schoolchildren as Bloody Mary) was the first born child of Henry VIII. For 20 years she was heir to her adored father. Then came the birth of her little half-brother Edward, and Mary found herself cast into the shadows, ignored by her father and declared illegitimate.
Where to Watch Edward and Mary: The Unknown Tudors • Season 1
4 Episodes
- Edward VI: The Boy King
E1Edward VI: The Boy KingEdward VI became king at the age of nine upon the death of his father, Henry VIII, and a Regency was created. Although he was intellectually precocious (fluent in Greek and Latin, he kept a full journal of his reign), he was not, however, physically robust. On his death from tuberculosis in 1553, Lady Jane Grey briefly assumed the throne. What might have been had the intelligent boy king, Edward VI, survived? - Mary I: The First Virgin Queen
E2Mary I: The First Virgin QueenConcluding David Starkey's compelling look at the Tudor siblings tied by affection but torn apart by religion and power. This episode examines the dramatic events that shaped the life of Bloody Mary. Mary I was the first Queen Regnant (that is, a queen reigning in her own right rather than a queen through marriage to a king). Courageous and stubborn, her character was moulded by her early years.
