Tudor Historian Joanne Paul Breaks Down Tudor Films & TV Shows

- [Male Speaker] The whole world knows these pirates

sail up the Thames all the way to your royal bed.

- Yeah, don't, you wouldn't say that.

Definitely didn't say that, wouldn't...

Yeah, don't say that.

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Hi, I'm Dr. Joanne Paul,

I'm a historian and the author of "The House of Dudley".

And I'm here to break down on some clips

from Tudor film and TV shows.

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Okay, so we've got a scene from "Wolf Hall".

which means he's probably still alive,

which means we're looking at about 1529.

Oh, significant glance there.

And a significant glance lady,

who I'm sure will find out who she is in a moment,

is holding a dog.

Anne Boleyn did have a dog whose name was Purkoy,

which was probably an anglicization of the French word,

pourquoi, because he had a very sort of quizzical look

on his face, as if he was always asking, "Why?"

It's very tragic, actually,

he ends up either falling, or being thrown out a window.

And Anne, apparently...

They're scared to tell Anne,

because she's so devastated; who wouldn't be?

- Very nice, Master Cromwell.

- Master Cromwell, love it.

Claire Foy here is doing a fantastic job as Anne Boleyn.

What I think it's interesting though, about her casting,

is she's very pale.

Anne Boleyn was known to have,

what was often identified, as a sallow complexion,

very dark, and certainly very dark eyes.

There's a lot written about her alluring dark eyes.

Claire Foy is perhaps not an expected choice for her.

- Lady Mary.

- God, I thought she would slap you.

- Yeah, so it is Lady Mary Boleyn, who is often presented