Tudor: Why Did So Many Heads Roll?

During the 118 years of the Tudor dynasty in England, a National Geographic documentary series explores the bloodiest period of the British monarchy. The program reveals how the crown used executions as a tool of power and political control. There were 64 nobles executed on the scaffold during this period, some with no apparent reason beyond the king's simple boredom. The series, which received the name questioning the reason for so many deaths, details each execution and the political context that led to the downfall of important figures of the English nobility.