The Six Wives of Henry VIII
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII

8.1 / 10
1970
1 season
6 episodes
Drama

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.

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Seasons

  • Catherine of Aragon

    1.Catherine of Aragon

    01-01-197090m

    Catalina of Aragon, a Spanish princess, is set to wed Arthur Tudor, eldest son on King Henry VII. Shortly after they wed, Arthur is taken by illness. Catalina then catches the eye...

  • Anne Boleyn

    2.Anne Boleyn

    08-01-197090m

    This second episode of the series overlaps with the first, and thus begins when Queen Anne and King Henry are already estranged. After several pregnancies, Anne has provided her hu...

  • Jane Seymour

    3.Jane Seymour

    15-01-197090m

    Anxious to rid himself of the shrewish Anne Boleyn, and desperate for a son, Henry is charmed by the naive and pious Jane, the daughter of a wealthy country aristocrat.

  • Anne of Cleves

    4.Anne of Cleves

    22-01-197090m

    Religious strife between Catholics and Protestants continues to swell in Europe. To try to balance the Catholic threat of France and Spain, Thomas Cromwell persuades King Henry int...

  • Catherine Howard

    5.Catherine Howard

    29-01-197090m

    The powerful Duke of Norfolk, the leading Catholic aristocrat in England, dangles his teenaged niece Catherine Howard before the aging but still amorous King Henry, who foolishly m...

  • Catherine Parr

    6.Catherine Parr

    05-02-197090m

    Corpulent and old, Henry makes a final trip to the altar, with the puritan Lady Latimer, Catherine Parr. The new queen brings Henry’s estranged daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, back...

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