Top billed cast

1. 

   Keith Michell

   Henry VIII of England

2. 

   Anthony Quayle

   Narrator

3. 

   Patrick Troughton

   Duke of Norfolk

4. 

   Bernard Hepton

   Archbishop Thomas Cranmer

5. 

   Basil Dignam

   Bishop Gardiner

6. 

   Sheila Burrell

   Lady Rochford

7. 

   Wolfe Morris

   Thomas Cromwell

8. 

   Angela Pleasence

   Catherine Howard

9. 

   Dorothy Tutin

   Anne Boleyn

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Current Season

Season 1

1970 | 6 Episodes

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-06-02

Unlike many other depictions of the life of the eponymous English King, this one actually features a great deal more meat on the bones of his first marriage to the long-suffering Catherine of Aragon (Annette Crosbie). Brought to England to marry his elder brother (Prince Arthur, who died young) she is kept hanging about, living in a form of palatial poverty unsure of her status with Henry VII and having no status at all in Spain. Will she be repudiated? Well Crosbie gives us a solid start as she portrays a woman of decency and piety who had no intention of going quietly upon the arrival of Ann...read the rest

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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Keywords

• england
• adultery
• beheading
• tudor
• treason
• king
• period drama
• historical
• intrigue
• anne boleyn
• henry viii
• tower of london
• femicide
• 16th century