This is History: The Tudors

Documentary series on the Tudor dynasty and England's 16th century AI summary

Sony Music Entertainment History · EN · 201 episodes · latest 2026-11-10 · explicit

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Historian Dan Jones returns with This Is History: The Tudors. Season one gives you the extraordinary origin story of England’s most iconic royal family. This is the ultimate story of kings and queens, seduction and spectacle, where power is seized in private chambers, performed in public and, too often, lost on an executioner’s block. In just over a century, the Tudors alter the fabric of the state and Church. Theirs is the era of the Reformation, of Shakespeare, and of voyages to the New World. Their story starts on 22 August 1485. At the bloody Battle of Bosworth Field, Henry Tudor defeated King Richard III, ending more than three centuries of Plantagenet rule and claiming the English throne as Henry VII. As the embers of the Wars of the Roses finally cool, Henry VII discovers that winning a crown is far easier than keeping one. Too soon, die-hard Richardians team up with a vengeful English princess and plot to replace Henry with pretenders. One is a ten-year-old boy, another, a Flemish teenager who reinvents themselves as long-lost princes. England is once more plunged into chaos. It's a far cry from the story Henry VII hoped to tell. To dive deeper into Tudor lore, subscribe to bonus episodes on Apple podcasts or become a Royal Favourite in Dan’s royal court on patreon/thisishistory. A Sony Music Entertainment production. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com

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S1 E8: Happy Tudor Families

2026-11-10 · 35 min · Season 11, episode 8

The Tudor family is finally looking secure. Prince Arthur will marry Catherine of Aragon, Margaret Tudor is promised to Scotland, and Henry VII has heirs to spare. The only problem is the collection of Yorkist threats…
S1 E7: The American Dream

2026-11-03 · 37 min · Season 11, episode 7

When news of America doesn’t even clear King Henry’s diary, you know something’s not quite right. In 1497, Genoese explorer John Cabot returns from his successful voyage to what is now the island of Newfoundland,…
S1 E6: The Caledonian Scheme

2026-10-27 · 42 min · Season 11, episode 6

Perkin finds a patron. And king Henry loses his cool. In late 1495, Perkin Warbeck, the Flemish fraudster claiming to be one of the lost princes in the tower, talks King James IV of Scotland into treason. For Henry VII,…
S1 E5: Traders and Traitors

2026-10-20 · 34 min · Season 11, episode 5

*THIS IS HISTORY — THE TUDORS* *Episode 5: Traders and Traitors* An emperor loses a leg. England gets a headache. In 1493, surgeons saw off the gangrenous leg of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III. It is a brutal,…
S1 E4: The Walking Dead

2026-10-13 · 32 min · Season 11, episode 4

Did one of the Princes in the tower survive!? The Lambert Simnel affair might be over, but Henry VII has another pretender on his hands — a pesky Flemish fella called Perkin Warbeck. His agenda: claiming to be Prince…
S1 E3: The Coin Toss

2026-10-06 · 35 min · Season 11, episode 3

It turns out, that saying you’re the king just because you’ve put a crown on your head, means plenty of others can get the same idea. And in 1487, a 10-year-old boy claims that he is England’s true king. A cast of Irish…
S1 E2: The Pretender

2026-09-29 · 33 min · Season 11, episode 2

England gets a counterfeit king… well, almost. Determined to destroy Henry VII, the implacable Margaret of Burgundy backs an audacious Yorkist conspiracy. Its secret weapon is Lambert Simnel, an organ-maker’s son…
S1 E1: The Red Rose and The White

2026-09-22 · 39 min · Season 11, episode 1

Henry VII’s reign starts with dirty feet and a dirty little problem. Fresh from the Battle of Bosworth, Henry Tudor is trying to sell England on his brand-new dynasty. Tasks include: marry the right princess, rewrite…
Who’s afraid of Henry Tudor?

2026-09-15 · 2 min

He’s the man who schemed, smashed and slashed his way to power. But as it turns out, winning a crown is far easier than keeping one. This Is History: The Tudors traces the unlikely rise of King Henry VII — the man…
Paul Greengrass: Turning Andrew Garfield Into a Medieval Rebel

2026-09-08 · 34 min · Season 10, episode 17

The story of disgruntled citizens feeling the need to rise up against a rigged system and distant elites is one that defines our moment. But we’re not unique in that feeling. Mistrust of the elite goes back a long way —…

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Oldest episode in feed: 08/2022 · over 4 years
Typical length: 26 min
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