The Tudors
The Tudors is a historical fiction television series set primarily in 16th-century England, created and written by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime. The series was a collaboration among American, British, and Canadian producers, and was filmed mostly in Ireland. It is named after the Tudor dynasty as a whole, although it is based specifically upon the reign of King Henry VIII.
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| Written by | Michael Hirst
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 4
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| No. of episodes | 38 (list of episodes)
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| Producer | James Flynn
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| Production location | Ireland
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| Running time | 47–56 minutes
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| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television (non-US)
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| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV)
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| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1
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| Original release | 1 April 2007 –
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- In the series, Charles Brandon's fourth wife, Catherine Brook, is depicted as a Catholic and supporter of Catherine of Aragon. In real life, her name was Catherine Willoughby and she was a Protestant and strong supporter of Anne Boleyn. She even fled England during Mary's reign for fear of persecution.
- Actors Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Alan Van Sprang both portray Valentine Morgenstern in the film and tv series based on The Mortal Instruments book series by Cassandra Clare; Jonathan in the film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and Alan in the tv series Shadowhunters
- Gillian Anderson was considered for the role of Katherine Parr before producers settled on Joely Richardson.
- The show makes it seem there is a several year jump between seasons 3 and 4 judging by the changes in appearance of Henry VIII and Charles Brandon. Both have significantly more grey hair and look much older. In reality the time between the seasons would have been a month or two at most. Elizabeth also seems to have aged a few years from the last season going from around age 8 to around 12 or 13.
- There are a surprising number of significant characters in The Tudors named Thomas. These include Thomas Wolsey, Thomas More, Thomas Wyatt, Thomas Tallis, Thomas Cromwell and Thomas Seymour. Plus Thomas Seymour's son Thomas, fathered during his affair with his brother's wife.
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