The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family

SERIES PREMIERE 8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org)

- Kate Hahn

You know the story of their legendary rise and fall, but you've never seen it unfold like this. The three-part docuseries tells the tale of the cunning 16th century clan-whose beautiful, ambitious daughter Anne famously became King Henry VIII's second wife and was beheaded for treason-via in-depth interviews with historians (40 hours were shot, then edited) and lush dramatizations, many filmed at the Boleyns