The Six Wives of Henry VIII(1970)

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  • Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Keith Michell

    Keith Michell

    Henry VIII of England

  • Anthony Quayle

    Anthony Quayle

    Narrator

  • Patrick Troughton

    Patrick Troughton

    Duke of Norfolk

  • Bernard Hepton

    Bernard Hepton

    Archbishop Thomas Cranmer

  • Basil Dignam

    Basil Dignam

    Bishop Gardiner

  • Sheila Burrell

    Sheila Burrell

    Lady Rochford

  • Angela Pleasence

    Angela Pleasence

    Catherine Howard

  • Dorothy Tutin

    Dorothy Tutin

    Anne Boleyn

  • Howard Goorney

    Howard Goorney

    Will Somers

  • Anne Stallybrass

    Anne Stallybrass

    Jane Seymour

  • Alison Frazer

    Alison Frazer

    Princess Mary

  • Patrick Godfrey

    Patrick Godfrey

    Sir Thomas Wriothesley

  • Daniel Moynihan

    Daniel Moynihan

    Lord Hertford Edward Seymour

  • Rosalie Crutchley

    Rosalie Crutchley

    Catherine Parr

  • Peter Cellier

    Peter Cellier

    Sir Christopher Hales

  • Simon Prebble

    Simon Prebble

    Francis Dereham

  • Annette Crosbie

    Annette Crosbie

    Catherine of Aragon

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    Status

    Ended

    Seasons

    1

    Episodes

    6

    Last Air Date

    Feb 5, 1970

    Network

    BBC Two

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