Starting on BBC Two this Friday at 9pm, the series charts the rise and fall of the aristocratic Boleyn family and stars Rafaëlle Cohen as Anne Boleyn and Max Dowler as Sir Thomas. The 35 year-old provides expert commentary and analysis of what it really took to succeed at King Henry’s court in The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family. Her story, and that of her father, Sir Thomas Boleyn, is told in a new three-part docu-drama which features Saintfield historian and author Gareth Russell. IT was a family like no other, aiming to win the heart and influence of King Henry VIII.Īnne Boleyn and her ambitious family played the ultimate political game which ended with her beheading as the second wife of the King of England. Gareth commentating on Boleyns BBC show 11 August 2021
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