The Tudors
Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey!
TV Flash files “Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey!” as hour 3 of 38 in the TV Flash guide — The Tudors (2007–2010) on Showtime, season 1, episode 3, aired 2007-04-15, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E03: listed hour 3 of 38 in the The Tudors guide, hour 3 of 10 in season 1. It aired 2007-04-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Simply Henry” (S01E02). Next is “His Majesty, The King” (S01E04).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
As Cardinal Wolsey has lost his chance to be Pope with King Henry's decision to go to war against France, a new accord with Spain and Queen Katherine's nephew Charles, Holy Roman Emperor, offers him fresh hope. Thomas More is knighted by Henry, and charged with destroying any copies of the Lutheran "heresy" he can seize, obviously paining More (although he, too, considers it heretical). Princess Mary's engagement to the Dauphin of France is broken off in favour of a marriage to Charles of Spain; and Henry's elder sister, Princess Margaret, is to marry the King of Portugal. Charles Brandon, Henry's friend, is made Duke of Suffolk in order to be able to escort her to Portugal. Meanwhile, Anne Boleyn encounters Henry face-to-face for the first time at a masquerade, leaving a distinct impression on him.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey! sit in the The Tudors guide?
S01E03 is listed hour 3 of 38 — hour 3 of 10 in season 1, season 1 episode 3.
When did The Tudors S01E03 air?
Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey! aired 2007-04-15 and is listed at 60 minutes.
How accurate is The Tudors?
Looser than some prestige cousins. Accuracy arguments are the aftertaste; the series never slowed the seduction to wait for them.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Henry VIII with movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, and a court that dresses viciousness in velvet. The Tudors is Showtime historical soap — Jonathan Rhys Meyers smolder, Natalie Dormer's Anne Boleyn, and accuracy arguments that never once slowed the seduction.
The group chat has been in a Henry VIII discourse for four seasons and it is not going to stop because a history department typed in all caps. Michael Hirst's The Tudors (2007–2010) is Showtime historical soap: Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the crown with movie-star abs, Henry Cavill, Natalie Dormer's breakout Anne Boleyn, Sam Neill's Wolsey, Maria Doyle Kennedy, James Frain. Wives as foreign policy. Court intrigue as weekly addiction. Looser with history than some prestige cousins; accuracy arguments never once slowed…
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- Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Henry VIII
Jonathan Rhys Meyers’s Henry VIII turned The Tudors into Showtime historical soap — movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, a court that dresses viciousness in velvet. Natalie Dormer’s Anne Boleyn, accuracy arguments that never once…
- Henry Cavill as Charles Brandon
Henry Cavill's Charles Brandon smoldered through The Tudors as court muscle — Henry VIII with movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, Showtime historical soap dressing viciousness in velvet. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Natalie Dormer's Anne…
- Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn
Natalie Dormer’s Anne Boleyn made The Tudors’ velvet viciousness a seduction — 2000s Showtime historical soap, Henry VIII with movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers smolder, accuracy arguments that never once…
- Sam Neill as Cardinal Wolsey
Sam Neill's Cardinal Wolsey dressed The Tudors' viciousness in velvet — Henry VIII with movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, Showtime historical soap, Jonathan Rhys Meyers smolder, Natalie Dormer's Anne Boleyn. Accuracy arguments…
- Maria Doyle Kennedy as Catherine of Aragon
Maria Doyle Kennedy held the first marriage as Catherine of Aragon on The Tudors — Henry VIII with movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, a court that dresses viciousness in velvet. Showtime historical soap, smolder, accuracy arguments…
- James Frain as Thomas Cromwell
James Frain’s Thomas Cromwell worked The Tudors like foreign policy in velvet — Henry’s court, wives as strategy, Showtime historical soap that never let an accuracy argument slow the seduction. Quiet menace with a ledger. TV Flash files…