Henry's marriage to randy, unfaithful teenager Catherine Howard ends in her swift execution, but he finds domestic tranquility at last with the steady Catherine Parr; a war with France and Brandon's death signal Henry's waning days.

Season 3 Episode 5 - Problems in the Reformation

Henry remains in seclusion while mourning the queen's death, an opportunity that enemies of the crown seize to murder several friends of the court; Cromwell is disturbed when Henry doesn't resist his new church's similarities to Catholicism. Air Date : 3rd-May-2009

Season 3 Episode 1 - Civil Unrest

King Henry marries for the third time, taking as his queen the demure noblewoman Jane Seymour. A growing number of his subjects protest the king's decision to abandon the Catholic Church. Air Date : 5th-Apr-2009  Read More

Season 3 Episode 2 - The Northern Uprising

The uproar over the king's break with the Catholic Church turns into a full-blown rebellion that comes to be known as "The Pilgrimage of Grace." Immobilized by an old jousting injury, Henry sends Charles Brandon to deal with the uprising and focuses his attention on the Lady Ursula Misseldon. Air Date : 12th-Apr-2009  Read More

Season 3 Episode 3 - Dissention and Punishment

Henry reconciles with his estranged daughters Mary and Elizabeth in time for the Christmas holidays, but betrays and brutally suppresses the rebellion against him after making conciliatory promises to the uprising's leaders. Air Date : 19th-Apr-2009  Read More

Season 3 Episode 4 - The Death of a Queen

The leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising are put to death, but Brandon is disturbed by the cruelty and mercilessness of the suppression; Henry celebrates the birth of a son but his joy is short-lived as Queen Jane dies within days. Air Date : 26th-Apr-2009  Read More

Season 3 Episode 5 - Problems in the Reformation

Henry remains in seclusion while mourning the queen's death, an opportunity that enemies of the crown seize to murder several friends of the court; Cromwell is disturbed when Henry doesn't resist his new church's similarities to Catholicism. Air Date : 3rd-May-2009  Read More

Season 3 Episode 6 - Search for a New Queen

Matchmaking begins in earnest as Cromwell schemes to secure the Reformation by marrying Henry to a Protestant wife - but the king's marital reputation precedes him; the condition of Henry's wounded leg turns life-threatening. Air Date : 10th-May-2009  Read More

Season 3 Episode 7 - Protestant Anne of Cleves

War looms with France and Spain aligning against England with backing from Rome, so Henry agrees to a politically fortuitous marriage with Anne of Cleves (Joss Stone), a plain and unsophisticated German aristocrat he has never met. Air Date : 17th-May-2009  Read More

Season 3 Episode 8 - The Undoing of Cromwell

Henry moves swiftly to annul his loveless marriage to Anne of Cleves, and beds a new mistress, 17-year-old Katherine Howard; Princess Mary falls in love with Duke Philip of Bavaria; Cromwell's fall from favor is sudden and dramatic. Air Date : 24th-May-2009  Read More