Synopsis
A British royal scandal: the trial and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn.
- Programme: Days That Shook the World
- Series: 2
- Episode: 10: Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2004
- History
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