Henry VIII

Henry is a proud monarch who flies in the face of the church in seeking to divorce Queen Katherine and marry Anne Bullen. As cardinal Wolsey, the powerful Lord Chancellor of England, attempts to bend Rome to the King's wishes, the court reverbates with political intrigue and accusations of treachery.

Cast

Tony Church

as Prologue

John Stride

as Henry VIII

Julian Glover

as Duke of Buckingham

Jeremy Kemp

as Duke of Norfolk

David Rintoul

as Lord Abergavenny

Timothy West

as Cardinal Wolsey

John Rowe

as Cromwell

Lewis Flander

as Duke of Suffolk

Alan Leith

as Sergeant-at-Arms

Claire Bloom

as Katharine of Aragon

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