The Tudors
Look to God First
Season 1, Episode 9 · Aired 2007-06-03
Synopsis
The legatine trial on the legitimacy of King Henry's marriage to Katherine continues despite the queen's refusal to attend, but the papal envoy receives notice to return to Rome and place the evidence to the judgement of the Curia. The Pope procrastinates and Henry, goaded by the conspirators Thomas Boleyn, the Duke of Norfolk and Charles Brandon, strips Wolsey of his temporal power and properties, bans him from court and instructs him to resume his now sole role as Archbishop of York. Thomas More reluctantly succeeds Wolsey as Chancellor of the realm. Anne Boleyn, encouraged by her ally Thomas Cromwell (the King's secretary), subtly and opportunely asks the king to reacquaint himself with the subject of Lutheranism. Margaret Tudor dies of tuberculosis, and her widower Charles Brandon shows repentance for his infidelity at her deathbed.
In the series
This episode is part of The Tudors (2007–2010) on Showtime.
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Key cast
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Henry VIII
- Henry Cavill as Charles Brandon
- Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn
- Sam Neill as Cardinal Wolsey
- Maria Doyle Kennedy as Catherine of Aragon
- James Frain as Thomas Cromwell