BBC racy drama, The Tudors has come under fire today from a leading historian, who calls the show “shameful!”
The Sun quote Tudors expert David Starkey as saying that the show brings ’shame’ on the BBC and he added:
“The Tudors is terrible history with no point. It’s wrong for no purpose.
“I’ve got no problem with getting history wrong for a purpose - Shakespeare often got things wrong for a reason.
Singer, song writer, Joss Stone, is to join the cast of The Tudors for its third series.
The BBc have confirmed that Stone will play Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of Henry VIII (Rhys Meyers).
According to US TV network Showtime, the upcoming season of the royal drama will follow King Henry as he weds third queen Jane Seymour (Anita Briem) and then Anne of Cleves.
The second series of Tudors, currently on BBC Two on Friday nights, sees the sensual drama’s return to the ruthless world of political intrigue, desire and betrayal in the court of Henry VIII.
Henry, played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers, faces the wrath of the formidable new Pope, Paul III, played by screen legend Peter O’Toole, after his marriage to Anne Boleyn (Natalie Dormer) who delivers a child, but not Henry’s longed-for son and heir.
The drama reveals the passion and heartbreak of a royal marriage destined to leave tragedy and constitutional crisis in its wake, and the legacy of an uncompromising King that refused to bow to Rome. Read more & comment »
The Tudors stud Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is planning a trip to Calcutta in the near future to work with the street children who live there.
Jonathan will make the trip as an ambassador for the Hope Foundation, which is based in his hometown of Cork.
“If I can use my name and celebrity to advance awareness of the great work the Hope Foundation does in some small way then I am delighted to be able to do so,” he said today. Read more & comment »
A young Henry VIII is angry and pitching for war, in this exciting new drama series about the King’s life and loves, written by Michael Hirst (Elizabeth) and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jeremy Northam and Sam Neill.
When his beloved uncle is assassinated by the despised French, Henry is determined to be avenged. But his trusted Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey, has other plans and a personal agenda. Having been put in charge of the plans for war by his King, the Cardinal goes about meeting the French Ambassador and Bishop to put the wheels in motion. Assuring them that a costly war can be avoided, with no loss of face on either side, Wolsey enlists Sir Thomas More to craft a revolutionary treaty that will guarantee everlasting peace in Europe. Read more & comment »
