Have you ever noticed that we seem utterly transfixed on the Tudor dynasty? There's no end of plays, books, TV shows, and films on the subject - and every couple of years we seem to go Tudor crazy.
At the moment, BBC has a wealth of Tudor programming on offer (not least the adaptation of Wolf Hall starting on BBC2 tonight at 9pm,) but why is it we keep returning to this family's story again and again?
Well, firstly everyone likes a scandal and a gossip - illegitimacy, mistresses, and who-is-chopping-who's-head-off abounds here, which is as compelling as modern celeb gossip (and we all know about that.)
There's also something of the mafia-style family drama to it; the transfer of power, betrayal, and political point-scoring. And there's the compelling nature of Anne Boleyn - perhaps the most talked-about of Tudor women, a lady who 'won' a king and was the mother of one of Britain's greatest queens, but lost her head in the process.
Maybe it's all these things and more; but to fans of Tudor adaptations, there's plenty around to get stuck into at the moment.
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