‘The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family’ begins on PBS soon – watch the trailer!

PBS has announced the release date for a new series about Anne Boleyn.

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family is described as “a story of love, sex and betrayal, told from the the family’s unique perspective.”

Charting the rise and fall of the Boleyns, the epic three-part docu-drama first aired in the UK on BBC Two last summer.

The official synopsis reads: “Beloved, betrayed and beheaded, Anne Boleyn is England’s most infamous queen. The second wife of Henry VIII, she was tried on his orders for crimes of adultery and treason, led from her rooms at the Tower of London to her death by an executioner’s sword. But to fully understand Anne’s rise and fall, it’s important to know more about her tight-knit, cunning and power-hungry family.

“Based on 16th-century sources, including rare original letters and documents, this new three-part series uses insights from leading Tudor scholars and dramatic re-enactments to bring this story to life from the family’s own perspective.

“Rising from obscurity to the apex of power, the Boleyns played a dangerous game and paid the ultimate price. But they changed the course of British history and left a remarkable legacy in the form of two magnificent monarchs: Queen Elizabeth I, daughter of Anne, and Queen Elizabeth II, a direct descendant of Mary Boleyn.”

Watch the trailer:

 

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family will premiere on Sunday nights on PBS from 28th August to 11th September.

It’ll also be streaming on the PBS Video App.

Narrated by Mistresses star Shelley Conn, the series stars Elizabeth McCafferty as Mary Boleyn, Max Dowler as Thomas Boleyn, Philip Brodie as Thomas Howard, Rafaelle Cohen as Anne Boleyn, Roger Evans as Thomas Wolsey, and Sam Retford as George Boleyn.

Channel 5 also aired a three-part drama about Anne Boleyn last year, with British model and actress Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim) playing the Tudor queen.

The Tudors complete series is available on DVD on Amazon.