Henry VIII

Henry VIII

166 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | Feb. 25, 1979

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.

Henry VIII

166 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | Feb. 25, 1979

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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers BBC, Time-Life Television Productions
Original title Henry VIII
Directors Kevin Billington
Writers William Shakespeare

Cast

Tony Church

as Prologue

John Stride

as Henry VIII

Julian Glover

as Duke of Buckingham

Jeremy Kemp

as Duke of Norfolk

David Rintoul

as Lord Abergavenny

Timothy West

as Cardinal Wolsey

John Rowe

as Cromwell

Lewis Flander

as Duke of Suffolk

Alan Leith

as Sergeant-at-Arms

Claire Bloom

as Katharine of Aragon

John Bailey

as Griffith / Gentleman Usher

David Troughton

as A Surveyor

John Nettleton

as Lord Chamberlain

Charles Lloyd Pack

as Lord Sandys

Nigel Lambert

as Sir Thomas Lovell

Barbara Kellerman

as Anne Bullen

Adam Bareham

as Sir Henry Guildford

Jeffrey Daunton

as A Servant

John Cater

as 1st Gentleman

Roger Lloyd Pack

as 2nd Gentleman

Jack McKenzie

as Sir Nicholas Vaux

Michael Poole

as Cardinal Campeius

Peter Vaughan

as Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester

Sylvia Coleridge

as Old Lady, Anne Bullen's Friend

Michael Gaunt

as A Crier

Ronald Pickup

as Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury

David Dodimead

as Bishop of Lincoln

Emma Kirkby

as Singer

Sally Home

as Patience

Oliver Cotton

as Earl of Surrey

Michael Walker

as A Messenger

John Rhys-Davies

as Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V

Timothy Barker

as Page to Gardiner

Brian Osborne

as Door-Keeper of the Council Chamber

John Rogan

as Dr. Butts

Jack May

as Lord Chancellor