Airdate: The Six Wives of Henry VIII with Lucy Worsley

Next week SBS begins a new series for history buffs, The Six Wives of Henry VIII with Lucy Worsley.

The three part series sees Historian Lucy Worsley explores the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII.

In this first season, Lucy catapults back five centuries to do what she does best: convey the living, breathing history of one of the most emotional and dramatic stories from England’s past.

Season One, Episode One:
Young Henry VIII and his first wife, the Spanish princess Katherine of Aragon, were a passionate couple. Lucy follows Katherine through her emotional and physical struggles to give Henry the heir he desperately needs to continue his own dynasty. After five pregnancies, four still births and one infant death, Katherine finally has a baby who lives – but it’s a girl. Henry’s eye wanders to the ladies at court – first Mary Boleyn and then to her sister, the infamous Anne. Lucy travels to Rome to read the love letters that Henry sent her, filmed for the first time on British television by the Vatican.

Saturday, 20 May at 7.30pm on SBS.