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The teenage Henry VIII falls in love with the beautiful Spanish princess Katherine of Aragon. As his first queen, she leads the kingdom at war, wins the love of the people, and teaches Henry how to rule. They are together for over twenty years. But tragically, Katherine cannot give Henry the son he desperately needs to save the Tudor dynasty. When an ambitious younger rival, Anne Boleyn, appears, Katherine is cruelly rejected by the man she loves. But she refuses to go without a fight... Part 1 of 4.
Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s bewitching mistress, is desperate to become Queen of England. Sexually obsessed by Anne and desperate for a son, Henry cruelly abandons Katherine of Aragon, his wife of twenty years. But Henry’s obsession with Anne soon darkens into jealousy. When rumours emerge that she has committed adultery and incest, he turns violently against her. Anne’s enemies now strike and her fall is brutally swift. In a ruthless show trial, she is condemned to death and beheaded. Part 2 of 4.
After decades of disaster, Henry VIII’s third wife, Jane Seymour, finally gives him the son and heir he craves. But, tragically, she dies within days of childbirth, and Henry’s joy turns to despair. Convinced to marry again, Henry chooses the German princess Anne of Cleves. But all he sees before the engagement is a painting, and in the flesh he finds Anne so ugly he becomes impotent. Now he must fight to escape the marriage, while his advisor Thomas Cromwell pays for the fiasco with his head. Part 3 of 4.
In 1539, after four failed marriages, Henry VIII falls in love with the seductive teenager Catherine Howard. But she turns out to have a hidden sexual past. Finally, her secrets catch up with her and she becomes the second of Henry’s wives to lose her head. Old and sick, Henry makes one last attempt at marriage. In the kindly Katherine Parr he seems to have found the perfect wife at last. But when she tries to push Henry into religious reform, she too comes within hours of the executioner’s block. Part 4 of 4.
Follow the definitive story of the USS Indianapolis, from her sinking in WWII to the scientific detective work that led to her discovery three and a half miles below the Philippine Sea.
During World War II, a hand-picked group of American GIs undertook a bizarre mission to create a travelling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe. The US 23rd Headquarters Special Troops used inflatable rubber tanks, sound trucks and dazzling performance art to bluff the enemy again and again, often right along the front lines. Using archival footage of this top-secret unit and interviews with veterans, The Ghost Army tells their extraordinary story on film.
In episode 1, we trace 1000 years of Ukraine’s history: from the arrival of the Vikings in the 9th century to the end of the 19th century. Part 1 of 2.
Episode 2 focuses on Ukraine’s history in the turbulent 20th century. What did the incorporation into the Soviet empire, and Stalin's rule in particular, mean for the country and its people? Part 2 of 2.
