It's the tale of the six wives of Henry VIII as you've never seen it before!

In February, Sony Entertainment Television premieres the acclaimed historical drama The Tudors.

In this hugely addictive drama, viewers see Henry as never before, young, sexy, intriguing, romantic and infinitely more complex than he’s usually depicted.  The Tudors covers ten tumultuous years leading to the King’s first divorce.

Filmed entirely on location in Ireland, the series stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers as King Henry, Jeremy Northam as Thomas More, Sam Neill as Cardinal Wolsey and Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn. 

Henry VIII was England’s most infamous royal; the super-sized King who consumed food and wives as voraciously as he belched out those who crossed him. He has been depicted throughout history as a rotund man of ruthless appetites; a monstrous ego who eradicated any traditions that got in the way of his ambitions. But the King in the pictures is only half the story; the roly-poly royal eclipses the view of a smart and sexy young man who has been overlooked, until now.

Writer Michel Hirst says of the series: “The main brief was to make it history with a contemporary resonance, so it doesn’t feel like history. Here’s a guy who wants to divorce his wife for a younger woman; he’s running a big company and there are two other companies he has to compete with. His emotions and the emotions of everyone else are first and foremost human and universal.“

The Tudors begins on February 1st at 9pm, on Sony Entertainment Television