Aired Saturday 21 December, 5:55pm - 7:05pmon PBS America (Freeview)

Henry VIII's Enforcer: The Rise and Fall of Thomas Cromwell

Name: 5:55pm - Henry VIII's Enforcer: The Rise and Fall of Thomas Cromwell
Start: 2024-12-21T17:55:00Z
End: 2024-12-21T19:05:00Z
Location: PBS America (Freeview)

Thomas Cromwell has a reputation as one of the most notorious thugs ever to hold power in England. Oxford University's Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, reveals another side to Henry VIII's Chief Minister. Cromwell emerges as a pioneering and principled statesman. He ignited a religious and parliamentary revolution, which laid the foundations for the modern British state.

Category: Documentary / History / Special
Original air date: 24/05/2013

Cast and crew

Charles ColvilleDirector
Diarmaid MacCulloch