MUMBAI: BBC has acquired the rights of the second series of The Tudors. The second series will air on BBC2 next year.

Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as a young Henry VIII, the series chronicles his life and that of his close coterie of advisors, minions and lovers.

Shot in Ireland, the series will take in the English Reformation and the destruction of the Catholic Church in England. It will also feature Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn, who delivers him a child and also the arrival of Jane Seymour in the Queen's chamber.

Creator Michael Hirst said,"At the end of the first series of The Tudors, we stood at the edge of the precipice; in the second series we jump right off it.There are old and new conflicts, both at court and outside it, where the rapid changes to social life bring turmoil and sometimes tragedy."

BBC controller of programme acquisitions George McGhee added,"We are extremely pleased with our viewers' positive reactions to The Tudors and have subsequently acquired series two for transmission in 2008."