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Summary: The Tudors - a good reason to abolish the BBC licence fee
Comment: This is perhaps the worst historical drama series ever made. Apart from the hideous historical
inaccuracies (e.g. using Victorian carriages to carry Henry V111 et al around)and the vast re-writes
of history, the acting is dreadful. Anne Boleyn is like a giggly check out girl at Tescos in
somewhere like Bromley. Henry V111 never gets fat and looks more like a thug in a Steven Spiegel
movie than one of the most complex kings Britain has ever produced. If ever there was a reason to
remove the BBC licence fee then this is it. The Tudors is complete bunkum from beginning to end.
Don't waste your money on the DVD like I did!

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Summary: Good Historic Drama
Comment: This is a great series, OK may not be 100% accurate, but close enough to history to not make it a
farce. This shows the rise to power of one of the most well known monarchs is British history, and
his war against the Catholic church..... The whole cast is superb, with the 3 main factions (the
Boleyn's, the Catholics and the Kings supporters) well portrayed. The first series is quite heavy on
the sex, however as Henry was supposed to be a very virile king, I suppose that can be justified. My
one small criticism is that sometimes it feels like they put so much in for shock value. Although I
watched it when it was shown on the BBC, bought it as it is definitely one I will watch again.

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Summary: Try it for yourself!
Comment: I studied this historical period in depth and most evidence suggests, (and it is widely accepted),
that Henry VIII was in fact a handsome young man in his earlier years. He was tall and solid, a bit
unlike the typical stature of the time, one look at his suit of armour can tell us that. They image
we usually see of Henry as a tall, large, bearded man was in his later years. Certainly around the
time of his first marriage to Catherine, he was an athletic young man. Even after the end of his
marriage to Jane Seymour, after her death, he was widely considered to be Europe's ultimate bachelor
in a sense!
It doesn't matter about how good-looking he was on a scale of 1-10, or anything
trivial like that. What matters is that he was a strong character who at times was weakened by his
lust for women and power. Now, sex was a large part of that.. His desire for son and heir?
Do
you think Jonathan Rhys-Meyers portrayed this image of Henry VIII well?

I applaud this
series for making it an entertaining piece of drama to reach a wide audience. Personally, I thought
it was excellent to watch, although some of the historical accuracies of the chronology or
interpretations could be debated. It's unfair to call it 'porno', if you thought it was so awfully
offensive, why did you watch the rest of the series? Either that, or you didn't, in which case, you
probably don't have a very fair comment to make on this whole serial drama.

The only
way to decide if you like this series, is to watch it for yourself. If reviews on here have made you
nervous about buying the series, I would recommend it's certainly worth renting at least the first
disc.

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Summary: brilliant! i fell in love with henry!
Comment: brilliant series! i love the tudors and this was perfect.
there are some historical
inaccuracies but to be honest with a henry this hot who cares!
great series, wish it finished
at this one though as the second is so inferior.

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Summary: A good watch? yes. Historically accurate? hmm...
Comment: It is very good acting, but some historical facts are incorrect.

We are doing the
Tudors at school and watching this brought boring history to life!
A point though - Henry 8th
had red hair - in this, he has dark brown/black hair!

I also found it hard to
distinguish between characters, as a lot of the men had dark hair and short beards! lol!
/>But overall would recommend, also series 2. Whichever was on tv recently (september 08) I loved.

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