How the Tudors Lost Their Heads

Name: How the Tudors Lost Their Heads
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-09-06
Cast: Suzannah Lipscomb, Dan Snow

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Historians Dan Snow and Professor Suzannah Lipscomb investigate the lives and deaths of some of Tudor England's most fascinating figures, including Anne Boleyn, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Perkin Warbeck, who claimed to be one of the famed Princes in the Tower.

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StatusReturning Series

First AiredSeptember 6, 2026

Last AiredSeptember 13, 2026

Seasons1

Episodes6

TypeDocumentary

Origin CountryUnited Kingdom

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

Keywords

tudor united kingdom beheaded history

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History Hit

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Last Episode

S1 E3 • 9/20/2026

Anne Boleyn

Executed on charges of adultery and treason, Anne Boleyn is often remembered as the ‘harlot’ who seduced Henry VIII into annulling his first marriage and forcing his country into religious turmoil. Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Snow explore evidence that reveals a different Anne, whose ideas transformed England and whose reputation deserves reassessing..

Coming Soon

S1 E4 • 9/27/2026

Earl of Essex – Fall of a Favourite

Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, was Elizabeth I’s golden boy: a charming, reckless war hero. He stood at the Queen’s side as she rallied troops against the Spanish Armada. But just twelve years on, he was executed for leading a rebellion. Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Snow unpack Essex’s rapid rise and fall, and the court politics that sealed his fate.