Top billed cast

1. 

   Ray Winstone

   Henry VIII

2. 

   Assumpta Serna

   Catherine of Aragon

3. 

   Helena Bonham Carter

   Anne Boleyn

4. 

   Emilia Fox

   Jane Seymour

5. 

   Pia Girard

   Anne of Cleves

6. 

   Charles Dance

   Edward Stafford

7. 

   Mark Strong

   Thomas Howard

8. 

   Danny Webb

   Thomas Cromwell

9. 

   Sean Bean

   Robert Aske

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Current Season

Season 1

2003 | 2 Episodes

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-09-03

Now, the old adage of never letting the truth get in the way of a good story has to be applied to this rather well made, but otherwise pretty shallow dramatisation of the life of England's infamous King Henry VIII. Ray Winstone is efficient in the title role, but his style of acting reverts to bluster all to often - fine in a crime thriller, or as the cheeky East Londoner, but somehow just not great here. The associated characterisations are really all pretty flat, too - Joss Ackland has a decent stab at the role of his ruthless father Henry VII, but Charles Dance's Duke of Buckingham, David S...read the rest

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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
Henry VIII

Keywords

• tudor
• anne boleyn
• henry viii
• 16th century
• british monarchy