Bishop Gardiner

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Bishop Gardiner is a fictional character portrayed by Simon Ward in the TV series The Tudors.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Civil Unrest (season 3), they were 67 years old.
They appear in 17 episodes out of a total of 38 aired and have accumulated 1 positive votes.

by Simon Ward

character

Episodes17

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Civil Unrest

episode S3.E1 april 2009
Henry's new wife Jane urges him to reconcile with his daughter Mary while Robert Aske leads a pilgrimage of thousands against Cromwell's monastic reforms.
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Dissension and Punishment

episode S3.E3 april 2009
Henry feigns reconciliation with Aske but ultimately has the leaders of the rebellion arrested; later he becomes ecstatic over Jane's pregnancy.
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The Death of a Queen

episode S3.E4 april 2009
Forced to recant, Aske is hanged in Yorkshire, Cromwell coerces Brandon to execute more rebels as examples, and Jane suffers complications in childbirth.
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Problems in the Reformation

episode S3.E5 may 2009
While a grieving Henry remains in seclusion with his fool coming to grips with Jane's death, court intrigue turns to political assassination in his absence.
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Search for a New Queen

episode S3.E6 may 2009
frustrated in his efforts to assassinate Cardinal Pole, Henry has his relatives executed while Cromwell supports a marriage to Anne of Cleves.
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Protestant Anne of Cleves

episode S3.E7 may 2009
Henry settles on Anne Of Cleves as his fourth wife but is disappointed with her attractiveness and blames Cromwell for his unhappy situation.
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The Undoing of Cromwell

episode S3.E8 may 2009
As Henry seeks to have his marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled and Cromwell removed, Bryan pimps teenage Catherine Howard as Henry's new mistress.
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Moment of Nostalgia

episode S4.E1 april 2010
Henry is proud of Catherine, his beautiful, vivacious seventeen year old wife, who buys silence from an old friend by making her a member of the court.
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Sister

episode S4.E2 april 2010
Joan Bulmer confides the Queen's sexual history to Lady Rochford who tells it to Culpepper and arranges for him to have a liaison with the neglected Catherine.
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Something for You

episode S4.E3 april 2010
While Henry prepares for a politically important trip to meet the defeated Northern rebels, Queen Catherine carries on her passionate affair with Culpepper.
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Natural Ally

episode S4.E4 may 2010
Catherine's buys the silence of an indiscreet former lover with a position in her chamber as her affair with Culpepper becomes more tempestuous.
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Bottom of the Pot

episode S4.E5 may 2010
After receiving a letter from an anonymous source the King decides to investigate the accusation that two other men knew Catherine 'carnally' while she was under the service of the Dowager Duchess, and he confines his Queen to her apartments with only Lady Rochford. The investigations uncovers many lies and many truths, which results in the execution of one of Catherine Howard's former lovers Francis Dereham, her current lover Thomas Culpepper, Lady Jane Rochford and Herself.
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You Have My Permission

episode S4.E6 may 2010
Henry allows Bishop Gardner a free rein in rooting out heretics and sets his eyes on the soon-to-be-widowed Catherine Parr.
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Sixth and the Final Wife

episode S4.E7 may 2010
After leaving wife Catherine as regent, a bellicose Henry invades France and lays siege to Boulogne in an attempt to regain his French provinces.
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As It Should Be

episode S4.E8 june 2010
Although Henry does take Boulogne, his troops are decimated by dysentery while back in England the Queen arranges to give Edward a tutor with Lutheran beliefs.
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Secrets of the Heart

episode S4.E9 june 2010
Surrey plots treason after being relieved of command, and as Bishop Gardiner's inquisition proceeds, it comes closer and closer to the Queen.
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Death of a Monarchy

episode S4.E10 june 2010
As Henry's health deteriorates, he grows introspective as various factions in the court try to position themselves for the seemingly inevitable succession.