Plot
Series of television plays written by six different authors. Each play is a lavish dramatization of the trials and tribulations surrounding Henry and his wives. Keith Michell ties the episodes together with his dignified and magnetic performance as the mighty monarch.
Creator
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
January 1, 1970
Last Aired Date
February 5, 1970
Production Companies
BBC
Type
Miniseries
Number of Season
1
Number of Episodes
6
Links
Gallery
Reviews
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…