The Hidden Henry VIII - Henry the Father (2009)

Five academics present portraits of unknown, intimate and surprising aspects of Henry VIII's character. Tudor historian Dr Susan Doran and Lucy Wooding, author of a biography of Henry, consider what it would have been like to have had Henry as your father. Looking at letters, books, gifts and portraits, they discuss how his children lived in fear of their terrifying father and yet modelled themselves on him. First broadcast in 2009.