About this season
With privileged behind-the-scenes access, this series follows the guides, gardeners, and curators as they keep Henry VIII’s magnificent country retreat up and running in the present day.
Episodes (3)
1. Episode 1
Aired 18 June 2022 • 44 min
Chief curator Tracy Borman investigates a claim by a Tudor antiques specialist to have acquired an item once owned by Anne Boleyn; the estate's gardeners harvest grapes from Queen Victoria's favourite vine; as Halloween approaches, Hampton Court's spectral residents get a chance to shine.
2. Episode 2
Aired 25 June 2022 • 44 min
It's winter, and head gardener Graham Dillamore is hard at work preparing 120,000 bulbs for what should be the biggest tulip festival in Britain; Tracy Borman uncovers the story of Henry VIII's secret son, Henry FitzRoy, who was the result of the king's affair with Bessie Blount.
3. Episode 3
Aired 2 July 2022 • 44 min
Staff get ready for the biggest Remembrance Day memorial in the palace's history, which involves installing 125 steel silhouettes of soldiers in the grounds; conservators work to keep the moths away from a collection of tapestries dating back to Henry VIII.