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Season 2 Trivia

• Episode 01 - Goof (anachronisms): The episode begins in 1532, but there is an aerial shot of St Peter's Basilica and Square in the first act. The Basilica was not completed until 1626 and the Square until 1667, 120 years after the death of Henry VIII.
• Episode 03 - Goof (anachronisms): Scene involving a sniper using a spring-loaded flintlock rifle, which wasn't available until the mid 17th century in England (over a hundred years from the point in the scene). The whole concept of sniping requires a reasonably accurate shot, which the muskets of the 16th century were not
• Episode 09 - SPOILER: Of the five men accused of adultery with Anne Boleyn, all but one protested their innocence (and hers), even from the scaffold. William Brereton never confessed. Mark Smeaton was the only one to plead guilty, and it was believed that the confession was tortured out of him.
• Episode 10 - The royal apartment in the Tower, where Anne stayed awaiting her coronation, was the same one she stayed in just prior to her execution three years later.
• Episode 08 - Goof (revealing mistake): After Henry's jousting accident, dried blood can be seen on his face that runs from his temple down his cheek. That pattern only makes sense if he were sitting upright; however, he is flat on his back and unconscious, so the blood should have run from his temple towards the back of hi