Writer:	Michael Hirst
Director:	Steve Shill, Charles McDougall
Star:	Jonathan Rhys Meyers (King Henry VIII),  Maria Doyle Kennedy (Queen Katherine),  Natalie Dormer (Anne Boleyn),  Jeremy Northam (Sir Thomas More),  Henry Czerny (Norfolk),  Henry Cavill (Charles Brandon),  Nick Dunning (Boleyn),  Sam Neill (Cardinal Wolsey),  Callum Blue ( Knivert)
Recurring Role:	Blathnaid Mckeown (Princess Mary),  Matt Ryan (Pace),  Kristen Holden-Reid (William Compton),  Joe van Moyland (Thomas Tallis),  Steven Waddington (Buckingham)
Guest Star:	Jonathan White (Hopkins),  Arthur Riordan (Priest in Confessional),  Eric Higgins (Groom),  Mark Lambert (William Cornish),  Slaine Kelly (Jane Howard),  Jonathan Ryan (French Ambassador),  Alan Devine (Wolsey's Secretary),  Brendan McCormack (Captain),  Geoff Minogue (Boleyn's Secretary),  Marcello Magni (Sarto),  Aidan Turner (Bedoli),  Perdita Weeks (Mary Boleyn),  Sean Pertwee (English ambassador in Italy),  Barry McGovern (Bishop Bonnivet),  Anna Brewster (Anna Buckingham),  Catherine Byrne (Alice More),  Ruta Gedmintas (Lady Blount)

This episode was nominated for the 2007 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Art Direction for a Single Camera Series". (edit) International air dates:
Germany: 7 June 2008 on ProSieben
Greece: 18 June 2008 on Mega (edit) Michael Hirst: The writer and executive producer has also written many other period movies such as The Golden Age, Elizabeth, and Giovane Casanova, II. (edit)

Queen Katherine: Though I love Your Majesty and I'm loyal to you, in every way, I cannot disguise my distress and unhappiness.
King Henry: Well, you're going to have to. (edit) King Henry: Tell me about King Francis, Sir Thomas.
Thomas Boleyn: He's 23 years old.
King Henry: Is he tall?
Thomas Boleyn: Yes. But ill proportioned.
King Henry: What about his legs? Are his calves strong like mine?
Thomas Boleyn: Your Majesty no one has calves like yours.
King Henry: Is he handsome?
Thomas Boleyn: Some people might think so. He certainly thinks so himself.
King Henry: He's vain?!
Thomas Boleyn: Your Majesty... he's French! (edit) Scribe: The letter to King Francis Your Majesty.
King Henry: My Dearest Royal Cousin. No. Make that My Beloved Cousin. We send you our love. We love you so much it would be impossible to love you better. Make all the necessary arrangements so we may meet face to face. Nothing is now closer or more dear to my heart than this Treaty of Universal Peace. As a token of my good will, my commitment to this treaty and my love for Your Majesty I have decided.... I have decided...
Scribe: Yes Majesty?
King Henry: I've decided I will not shave again until we meet. My beard will be a token of Universal Friendship. Of the love between us. (edit) Thomas More: As a humanist I have an abhorrence of war. It's an activity fit only for beasts yet practiced by no kind of beasts so constantly as by man.
King Henry: As a humanist I share your opinion. As a King, I'm forced to disagree.
Thomas More: Spoken like a lawyer.
King Henry: You should know, you taught me.
Thomas More: Not well enough it seems. (edit) Charles Brandon: My Lady Buckingham. Would you do me the honour of letting me wear your favours today? (edit)

On April 1, The Tudors gave Showtime its highest-rated premiere night in three years. (edit) Some historical notes: The character of Thomas Tallis didn't enter King Henry's court until around 1543. However, the show takes place before he met Anne Boleyn in 1525. Also, Elizabeth Blount gave birth to her son with Henry in 1519. (edit)

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