S1, E2: Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s bewitching mistress, is desperate to become Queen of England. Sexually obsessed by Anne, and desperate for a son, Henry cruelly abandons Katherine of Aragon, his wife of twenty years. But Henry’s obsession with Anne soon darkens into jealousy. When rumours emerge that she has committed adultery and incest, he turns violently against her. Anne’s enemies now strike, and her fall is brutally swift. In a ruthless show trial she is condemned to death and beheaded.