why should we accept shoddy work because its entertainment? it was billed as a portrayal of henry the eighth, not a fictional work by bozo the clown. If they wanted to put on a historical fiction they could have called it jeremy the eighth. by pinning it down to a person they should respect the facts. If we did the same to, say, the holocaust, reran it without mentioning auschwitz, or cast hitler as a lovable rogue who was misunderstood then it wouldnt even reach the screen. This period is an important part of the formation of our national identity, so to misrepresent it in such a shoddy manner simply so that a posh trollopes jubblies can be better displayed is an appalling waste of money and effort, and educationally detrimental to anyone who watched it thinking it was other than panto. I await with interest the next set of gcse Tudors coursework