Fact vs. Fiction Series at Charity's Place

Are you curious to know how inaccurate your favorite historical film or series is? Here’s my hub for all the fact versus fiction analysis I’ve done for movies and television shows. Right now it’s mostly for Tudor-related things, since that is my passion, but I will soon add Titanic: Blood & Steel, The Chosen, and A.D. Kingdom & Empire. I will link each episodic review as it goes live!

Movies:

Fact vs Fiction in The Spanish Princess Season 2, Episode 2

The Spanish Princess (Starz)

Season One

Season Two

  1. Camelot
  2. Flodden
  3. Grief
  4. The Other Woman
  5. Plague
  6. Field of the Cloth of Gold
  7. Faith
  8. Peace
Fact vs. Fiction in The Tudors, Season 1, Episode 8

The Tudors (Showtime)

Season One

  1. In Cold Blood
  2. Simply Henry
  3. Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey!
  4. His Majesty, The King
  5. Arise, My Lord
  6. True Love
  7. Plague
  8. Truth and Justice
  9. Look to God First
  10. The Death of Wolsey

Season Two

  1. Everything is Beautiful
  2. Tears of Blood
  3. Checkmate
  4. The Act of Succession
  5. His Majesty’s Pleasure
  6. The Definition of Love
  7. Matters of State
  8. Lady in Waiting
  9. The Act of Treason
  10. Destiny & Fortune

Season Three

  1. Civil Unrest
  2. The Northern Uprising
  3. Dissension and Punishment
  4. The Death of a Queen
  5. Problems in the Reformation
  6. Search for a New Queen
  7. Protestant Anne of Cleves
  8. The Undoing of Cromwell

Season Four

  1. Moment of Nostalgia
  2. Sister
  3. Something for You
  4. Natural Ally
  5. Bottom of the Pot
  6. You Have My Permission
  7. Sixth and Final Wife
  8. As It Should Be
Fact vs Fiction in The White Princess Season 1, Episode 1

The White Queen / Princess (Starz)

The White Queen

  1. In Love with the King
  2. The Price of Power
  3. The Storm
  4. The Bad Queen
  5. War at First Hand
  6. Love and Death
  7. Poison and Malmsey Wine
  8. Long Live the King
  9. The Princes in the Tower
  10. The Final Battle

The White Princess

  1. In Bed With the Enemy
  2. Hearts and Minds
  3. Burgundy
  4. The Pretender
  5. Traitors
  6. English Blood on English Soil
  7. Two Kings
  8. Old Curses
Fact vs. Fiction in Wolf Hall, Season 1, Episode 1

Wolf Hall (BBC / PBS)

Season One

  1. Three-Card Trick
  2. Entirely Beloved
  3. Anna Regina
  4. The Devil’s Spit
  5. Crows
  6. Master of Phantoms

Season Two

  1. Wreckage
  2. Obedience
  3. Defiance
  4. Jenneke
  5. Mirror
  6. Light

I will add other series and movies to this page as I grow.

Tudor Deep Dives

Fact vs Fiction in The Spanish Princess Season 2, Episode 3
Historical Inaccuracies in The Spanish Princess | Season 2, Episode 3
Fact vs. Fiction in The Tudors, Season 1, Episode 5
Historical Inaccuracies in The Tudors | Season 1, Episode 5
Fact vs Fiction in The Spanish Princess Season 1, Episode 1
Historical Inaccuracies in The Spanish Princess | Season 1, Episode 1
Fact vs. Fiction in The Tudors, Season 2, Episode 5
Historical Inaccuracies in The Tudors | Season 2, Episode 5