From our culture desk comes word of what is probably the perfect TV series for readers of The Wittenburg Door.
The Tudors, a 10-part series on Showtime starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Henry VIII, Jeremy Northam as Sir Thomas More and Sam Neil as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, is shot almost entirely in the bedroom and the church, according to Beliefnet.com's Idol Chatter blog.
"The series basically switches back and forth between explicit sex scenes between Henry, his boys, and the ladies of court, and the power struggles of the various Cardinals trying to keep their war-hungry kings in check."
As a history buff, I now have a new reason to save up for cable.
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Yes, now we know for sure that the Church of England was born in lust! And yet there are concerns about whether a divorced Prince Charlie is good enough to be king and head of the English church. This might, of course, be decent grounds for disestablishment
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