Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1970)

Cast

Keith Michell as Henry VIII of England
Keith Michell

as Henry VIII of England

Anthony Quayle as Narrator
Anthony Quayle

as Narrator

Episodes

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January 1, 1970

Catalina of Aragon, a Spanish princess, is set to wed Arthur Tudor, eldest son on King Henry VII. Shortly after they we…

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January 8, 1970

This second episode of the series overlaps with the first, and thus begins when Queen Anne and King Henry are already e…

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January 15, 1970

Anxious to rid himself of the shrewish Anne Boleyn, and desperate for a son, Henry is charmed by the naive and pious Ja…

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January 22, 1970

Religious strife between Catholics and Protestants continues to swell in Europe. To try to balance the Catholic threat …

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January 29, 1970

The powerful Duke of Norfolk, the leading Catholic aristocrat in England, dangles his teenaged niece Catherine Howard b…

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February 5, 1970

Corpulent and old, Henry makes a final trip to the altar, with the puritan Lady Latimer, Catherine Parr. The new queen …