The Six Wives of Henry VIII(TV show/series, 1970)

Name: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Genre: Drama
Released: 1970
Rating: 4.1

TV-PG

| 1h 30min per episode | Genre: Drama

Mini series in 1 season with 6 episodes

Rating: 4.1/5 (with 6 votes)

The Six Wives of Henry VIII is a series of six television plays produced by the BBC and first transmitted between 1 January and 5 February 1970. The series later aired in the United States on CBS from 1 August to 5 September 1971 with narration added by Anthony Quayle. The series was rebroadcast in the United States without commercials on PBS as part of its Masterpiece Theatre series. Each of the six plays focuses on a single wife, often from their perspective, and was written by a different dramatist. The series was produced by Mark Shivas and Ronald Travers and directed by Naomi Capon and John Glenister. ()

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The Six Wives of Henry VIII Seasons and Episodes

01/01/1970Season 1 - 6 episodes

#1 | 01/01/1970Catherine of Aragon

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 of Arthur's brother, Henry. When Henry VII dies, he tells his son Henry that he must marry Catalina. Henry becomes the King of England and marries Catalina. Being loved by her new subjects, Catalina changes her name to the English version, Catherine. After many years, she is still loved by her subjects, but it's a different story with her husband.

#2 | 01/08/1970Anne Boleyn

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 husband with only one surviving child, Princess Elizabeth. Extremely unpopular with both the public and the aristocracy, Anne has few friends to protect her when Henry's eye lights upon the virginal Jane Seymour.

#3 | 01/15/1970Jane Seymour

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.

#4 | 01/22/1970Anne of Cleves

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 into a political marriage with the sister of the Protestant German Duke of Cleves.

#5 | 01/29/1970Catherine Howard

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 marries her.

#6 | 02/05/1970Catherine Parr

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 into the family fold, but irritates the king by debating religion with him and his advisors.

Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Made by: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 4 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Dutch (NL)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 01/01/1970

Last episode released on: 02/05/1970

Appearing Characters: Henry VIII of England, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Henry VII of England, Thomas Cranmer, William Willoughby, 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, Francis Bryan, Lorenzo Campeggio, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Eustace Chapuys, Dorothy Seymour, Thomas Wolsey, Thomas Culpeper, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Margery Wentworth, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, William Kingston, María de Salinas, Mary I of England, Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, Nicholas Carew, Mary Scrope, Robert Barnes, Anne Stanhope, John Seymour, John Fisher, Mary Boleyn, Gertrude Courtenay, Marchioness of Exeter, Hans Holbein the Younger, Thomas Cromwell, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, Mark Smeaton, Francis Dereham, Arthur, Prince of Wales, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Gutierre Gómez de Fuensalida, William Warham, Rodrigo González de la Puebla, Elizabeth I of England, Stephen Gardiner

Cast: Keith Michell, Annette Crosbie, Dorothy Tutin, Anne Stallybrass, Elvi Hale, Angela Pleasence, Rosalie Crutchley, Patrick Troughton, John Woodnutt, Bernard Hepton, Valentine Palmer, Mollie Sugden, Anthony Quayle, Ronald Adam, Ralph Bates, Peter Bennett, Peter Cellier, Ina De La Haye, Patrick Godfrey, Robert Hartley, Robert James, Geoffrey Lewis, Hilary Mason, Zienia Merton, Wolfe Morris, Michael Osborne, Peter Stephens, William Abney, Raymond Adamson, Edward Atienza, Gillian Bailey, John Baskcomb, Christopher Beeching, Elizabeth Bell, Donald Bisset, Dorothy Black, Sheila Burrell, David Butler, Robert Cawdron, Basil Dignam, Margaret Ford, Alison Frazer, Howard Goorney, Verina Greenlaw, Christopher Hancock, Louis Haslar, Patricia Heneghan, Jo Kendall, Catherine Lacey, Howard Lang, Carol MacReady, Marion Mathie, James Mellor, Daniel Moynihan, Jonathan Newth, Arnold Peters, Simon Prebble, Martin Ratcliffe, John Ronane, Jody Schaller, Charles Workman, Ken Wynne

Director: Naomi Capon

Keywords: anne boleyn, period drama, king, tower of london, intrigue, 16th century, beheading, murder of a woman, historical, adultery, england, tudor, henry viii, treason

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