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: Maurice Cowan
Network: BBC Two
Seasons
1
Episodes
6
Status
Ended
Keith Michell
Henry VIII of England
Anthony Quayle
Narrator
Patrick Troughton
Duke of Norfolk
Bernard Hepton
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer
Basil Dignam
Bishop Gardiner
Sheila Burrell
Lady Rochford
Wolfe Morris
Thomas Cromwell
Angela Pleasence
Catherine Howard
2023