Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.

Елизабет ще се откаже от много от човешките си страсти и ще бъде запомнена като кралицата-девственица. Дъщеря на трагично приключилата живота си Ан Болейн от Хенри VIII, в един момент младата Елизабет се оказва законен претендент за престола на Англия, след смъртта на кралица Мери Тюдор, нейна полусестра. Веднага след възкачването си на трона, срещу Елизабет се настройва голяма част от ревностните католици, правят се схеми за свалянето й и дори убийството й.

Кралица Елизабет I се бори да усмири любовта си, да защити империята си и да утвърди позицията си на иконичен образ в западния свят.

Католическият министър сър Томас Тор попада в безизходна ситуация, когато поквареният крал Хенри VІІІ изисква одобрение на развода си, за да се ожени за любовницата си. Разкъсван между съвестта си и дълга към короната, сър Томас избира мълчанието и така предизвиква гнева на краля. Сблъсъкът между двамата силни мъже ще реши съдбата на сър Томас, църквата и страната. В крайна сметка, най-красноречиво е мълчанието.

Опитът на кралицата на Шотландия и Франция Мария Стюарт да отстрани братовчедка си Елизабет I, кралица на Англия, довежда до обвинения в държавна измяна и екзекуция на 8 февруари 1587 г. чрез обезглавяване.

Филмът е с 2 номинации за Оскар, има 3 награди и други 19 номинации.

Смъртта на крал Хенри VIII предизвиква хаос в страната заради споровете за това кой да го наследи на престола. Немощният му син Едуард е на смъртното си легло, но хитрият министър Джон Дъдли не иска католическата принцеса Мери да стане кралица. Това би спряло Реформацията. Дъдли се надява Едуард да живее достатъчно, за да обяви лейди Джейн Грей за своя наследница, а междувременно омъжва Джейн за сина си Гилфорд.

Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.

Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her in his usual manner, Henry has to find some way of doing it without provoking war with Marie's cousin, the King of France. Perhaps if she had an affair...

Невероятната външна прилика между принц Едуард и просяка Том - това е завръзката в класическата история по романа на Марк Твен, изпъстрена с увлекателни интриги, сблъсък на яростни дворцови амбиции и човешки страсти. Двете момчета сменят местата си и влизат надълбоко в новите си роли. Но безобидната детска игра има неочаквани за всички последствия. Том ще стане пионка в ръцете на алчен царедворец, който крои заговор за свалянето на английския крал Хенри VIII от престола. А Едуард ще се потопи в море от непосилни за един принц преживявания.

In seventeenth century England Lord Whitman wages unending war on what he sees as the ever-present scourge of witchcraft, and many local villagers have suffered at his hands. But one victim uses her occult powers to curse his family, enlisting unknowing help from one of the household.

Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at the age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later the life of Mary is to be ended on the scaffold and with her execution the last threat to Elizabeth's throne has been removed. The two Queens with their contrasting personalities make a dramatic counterpoint to history.

Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince. They change clothes with one another before the guards discover them and throw out the prince thinking he's the urchin. No one believes them when they try to tell the truth about which is which. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne.

A short film depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of the Scots. Mary is brought to the execution block and made to kneel down with her neck over it. The executioner lifts his axe ready to bring it down. After that frame Mary has been replaced by a dummy. The axe comes down and severs the head of the dummy from the body. The executioner picks up the head and shows it around for everyone else to see. One of the first camera tricks to be used in a movie.

The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.

Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.

Melvyn Bragg explores the dramatic story of William Tyndale and his mission to translate the Bible into English, which made him a threat to the authority of the church and state.

Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.

The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.

Writers and historians including Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory revisit the last days of Anne Boleyn, who in 1536 became the first queen in British history to be executed.