HENRY VIII

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• Release Year: 2003
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Five hundred years after his reign, the enigma of Henry VIII continues to fascinate. Henry VIII ascended to the throne a lithe, handsome seventeen-year-old and, after an extraordinary 38-year reign, died an embittered, obese invalid. The rest of Europe looked on in amazement as Henry, desperate for a male heir, cast the older but loyal Katherine of Aragon aside for a series of marriages with wives who are better known for the way their lives ended than for how they were lived: the determined temptress Anne Boleyn; the pious yet tragic Jane Seymour; the outcast Anne of Cleves; the young, adulterous Katherine Howard and, finally, the devoted care-giver Katherine Parr.; This tale of Henry VIII depicts the sexual intrigue, betrayal and rivalry that existed within his Court, a reign hallmarked by political and religious upheaval, violence and corruption.
• Cast: Ray Winstone, Joss Ackland, Sid Mitchell, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, Assumpta Serna, Thomas Lockyer, William Houston, Danny Webb, Guy Flanagan, David Suchet, Scott Handy, Helena Bonham Carter, Benjamin Whitrow, Stephen Noonan, John Higgins, Michael Maloney, Edward Kelsey, Jeremy Child, William Hoyland, Lara Belmont, Emma Darwall-Smith, Emma Buckley, Edward Tudor-Pole, Christopher Good, Emilia Fox, Sean Bean, Simon Meacock, James Hoare, Joseph Morgan, David Gwillim, Tina Malone, Marsha Fitzalan, Terence Harvey, Kelly Hunter, Pia Girard, Britta Becker, Catrin Rhys, Emily Blunt, Tom Turner, Ryan Winsley, Daniel Betts, Clare Holman, Hugh Mitchell, Paul Hornsby, Lorna Lacey, Dominic Mafham, Rhys Meredith, Philip Harvey, Derek Jacobi, Pete Travis
• Director: Pete Travis
• Runtime: 3:20
• Company: Granada
• Media Format: Series