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Henry IX, Sky On-Demand/Now

BORN to rule, dying to quit. That’s Henry IX, a fortysomething man suffering a midlife crisis who just happens to be king. Charles Edwards (pictured with Kara Tointon) is the reluctant monarch who’s had his fill of being royal and would like to abdicate and hand over the throne to his gay son. This 2017 threeepisode show comes from Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, the writers behind

The Likely Lads, Porridge and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and while not in the same league as those classics, it certainly has its moments.