showtime obviously expensive production of the tudor have get it first season into circulation a a set of dvd . i have see some advertising on this and and my first reaction be that any series portray henry viii a a lean man with black hair can not be all good . the truth turn out to be bad . it would take a few day of solid research to plumb the depth of this historically ludicrous series . the fact of the matter be this represent if you expect to learn much about tudor history and do not turn to this historical travesty . let start with the most basic fact represent henry viii have red hair . this be no deep secret while it be one of the best known fact in english history . the british have certainly get it right in their tv series how do the people responsible for the tudor miss it . amazingly and the right actor be right under their nose represent steven waddington and who play the ( 3rd ) duke of buckingham and be not only red haired and but look a heck of a lot more like henry than rhys meyers and also have more the right build for the role . rhys meyers be certainly a delicious bit of eye candy and and often get down to at least 1 button below the top of his short and but he be far too lithe to be a convincing henry . henry eat habit have already give him something of a paunch by the time he be get the hots for anne boleyn . before we continue with the bad news and we can consider the good . first of all and the set and costume be very good . true and rhys meyers be rather less overdressed than henry viii typically be . but overall and the sumptuousness of tudor dress and architecture be well show and give the series a gorgeous look that make u want to believe there some attempt here at historical accuracy which there isn not . the acting in the series be professional if not exactly thrill . even sam neill and a cardinal woolsey ( a name various spelt in the source ) seem fairly subdue . it a good cast just not a great one . the script be fairly well write if you can ignore the numerous verbal howler and usually term not current in the 16th century . the bad be probably the reference of the field of the cloth of gold a a summit . this be a term that have no currency until the late 20th century and sound ridiculous in the mouth of woolsey . there be other solecism of this sort and but not quite so awful . in general and the patois of the english nobility hasn not get any sort of shakespearian feel to it and and sound far too modern . various epithet and include the f word a favorite of the vocabulary challenged and be unlikely to have be in use almost 600 year ago . we do not at all hear the favorite of the time and blood . it would have help if the producer have have a competent research department . historical drama of course have to manufacture a lot particularly conversation that take place behind closed door . manufacture lie to replace well know historical fact and however and be far beyond the pale . there be the matter of henry sister margaret . now and a it happen and henry have 2 sister represent mary and margaret . mary marry the king of france and late charles brandon by whom she become the grandmother of queen jane grey . margaret marry the king of scotland and become the mother of james v and grandmother of king james i ( and vi ) . in the tudor and there be only 1 sister and margaret and who marry the king of portugal and then charles brandon . there be no excuse for this wanton perversion of historical fact . at the end of the first season and woolsey be arrest and convey to the tower and where he commit suicide by slit his throat . what an absolute insult to history and to the man . woolsey be indeed arrest and but die of his illness before reach the tower . a you may know and the roman church take a dim view ( to put it mildly ) of suicide and and no good catholic much less a prince of the church and would ever consider it . the version in the tudor be not only a lie and it be a damned lie . the series go on like this and cast truth to perdition and lie about the tudor and their courtier at every opportunity . the very name of the series be a lie how can it be about the tudor when it ignore owain twdwr and barely mention henry vii . the rise of the dynasty be a dramatic tale that somehow get overshadow by henry viii highjinks . i have hope and when i first hear that this series be come out and that it would have the good sense to dramatize the background to henry viii reign . apparently they would rather ignore the background and lie about the reign . well and as long a you realize this be almost a complete fiction and enjoy it . it a good bit of mindless entertainment and full of sound and fury and signify nothing .