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Henry VIII

6.5/10

Release: 25/02/1979

Duration: 2h 46m

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.

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Writers

| Theatre Play:William Shakespeare
| Script Editor:Alan Shallcross

Production

BBC

Time-Life Television Productions

Cast

Tony Church

Tony Church

Prologue

John Stride

John Stride

Henry VIII

Julian Glover

Julian Glover

Duke of Buckingha..

Jeremy Kemp

Jeremy Kemp

Duke of Norfolk

David Rintoul

David Rintoul

Lord Abergavenny

Timothy West

Timothy West

Cardinal Wolsey

John Rowe

John Rowe

Cromwell

Lewis Flander

Lewis Flander

Duke of Suffolk

Alan Leith

Alan Leith

Sergeant-at-Arms

Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom

Katharine of Arag..

John Bailey

John Bailey

Griffith / Gentle..

David Troughton

David Troughton

A Surveyor

John Nettleton

John Nettleton

Lord Chamberlain

Nigel Lambert

Nigel Lambert

Sir Thomas Lovell

Adam Bareham

Adam Bareham

Sir Henry Guildfo..

John Cater

John Cater

1st Gentleman

Roger Lloyd Pack

Roger Lloyd Pac..

2nd Gentleman

Jack McKenzie

Jack McKenzie

Sir Nicholas Vaux

Michael Poole

Michael Poole

Cardinal Campeius

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

Gardiner, Bishop ..

Sylvia Coleridge

Sylvia Coleridg..

Old Lady, Anne Bu..

Ronald Pickup

Ronald Pickup

Cranmer, Archbish..

David Dodimead

David Dodimead

Bishop of Lincoln

Sally Home

Sally Home

Patience

Oliver Cotton

Oliver Cotton

Earl of Surrey

Michael Walker

Michael Walker

A Messenger

John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davie..

Capucius, Ambassa..

Timothy Barker

Timothy Barker

Page to Gardiner

Brian Osborne

Brian Osborne

Door-Keeper of th..

Jack May

Jack May

Lord Chancellor

John Rogan

John Rogan

Dr. Butts

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