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The Tudors
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★ 7.8The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
- Aired
- 2007–2010
- Seasons
- 4 · 38 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Michael Hirst
- Network
- Showtime
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
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Key facts
- Genre
- Historical drama
- Created by
- Michael Hirst
- Written by
- Michael Hirst
- Composer
- Trevor Morris
- Countries of origin
- United Kingdom Canada Ireland United States
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
- 38 ( list of episodes )
- Executive producers
- Michael Hirst Eric Fellner Tim Bevan Ben Silverman Teri Weinberg Sheila Hockin Mritunjay Waghmare
- Producers
- James Flynn Gary Howsam
- Production location
- Ireland
- Running time
- 47–56 minutes
- Production companies
- Reveille Eire Working Title Television Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Octagon Entertainment Peace Arch Entertainment Showtime Networks Screen Ireland
- Network
- BBC Two (United Kingdom) CBC Television (Canada) Showtime (United States)
- Release
- 1 April 2007 ( 2007-04-01 ) –, 20 June 2010 ( 2010-06-20 )
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Encyclopedic overview
The Tudors is a historical drama television series set primarily in 16th-century England, created and written by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime. The series was a collaboration among American, British, and Canadian producers, and was filmed mostly in Ireland. While named after the Tudor dynasty as a whole, it is based specifically upon the reign of King Henry VIII.
The series was produced by Peace Arch Entertainment for Showtime in association with Reveille Eire, Working Title Television, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and was filmed in Ireland. The first two episodes debuted on DirecTV, Time Warner Cable OnDemand, Netflix, Verizon FiOS On Demand, Internet Movie Database and on the website of the series before the official premiere on Showtime. The Tudors premiered on 1 April 2007; it was the highest-rated Showtime series in three years. In April 2007, the show was renewed for a second season, and in that month the BBC announced it had acquired exclusive broadcast rights for the series in the United Kingdom, which it started to broadcast on 5 October 2007. The CBC began broadcasting the show on 2 October 2007.
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