It documents Wakeman's concerts on 1 and 2 May 2009 at Hampton Court Palace that featured his 1973 progressive rock concept album The Six Wives of Henry VIII performed in its entirety for the first time.

[1] Despite Lane suggesting other venues, such as the Royal Albert Hall, Wakeman wanted to stage it at Hampton Court or abandon the project.

Despite the setback Wakeman and the various management agreed to continue with the shows, given the one chance to stage them for the 500th anniversary year, and used sales from tickets, merchandise, television rights, albums, and videos to help fund and produce it.

A temporary concert arena was built outside the palace's West Gate which accommodated 5,000 people, and featured screens for the audience to watch[4] plus a suspended church organ and piano.

[2] The programme opened with "Tudorture '1485'", one of the two original pieces written specifically for the event and links the main themes from the tracks dedicated to the wives.

"Defender of the Faith" is based on two main themes that Wakeman wrote for a track on Henry VIII himself that was to be recorded for the original album, but scrapped due to the insufficient space on the vinyl.