Henry VIII and Trump: History Repeating?

Episodes – 1 x 60 mins

TX Channel 5 – Monday 16th March 2020, 9pm

Executive Producer – Simon Finch

Producer & Director – Stephen Finnigan

DoP – Luke Menges

Editor – Nico Bee

Assistant Producer – Alec Webb

Line Producer – Jackie McKinney-Dyer

How will history judge Donald Trump? This film offers a fresh perspective on the question, by setting his life side by side that of a leader from our own past: Henry VIII.

It’s a comparison that may seem far-fetched, but that sheds surprising new light on the Donald, as leading historians and present-day Trump-watchers investigate how the two men’s character and approach to rule connects them across the centuries.