25 February 1979 Drama, History, TV Movie 166 mins
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.
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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
Kevin Billington Director
William Shakespeare Theatre Play
Cedric Messina Producer
Geraldine Stephenson Choreographer
Dawn Alcock Makeup Artist
Alun Hughes Costume Design
Ian Leiper Sound
Hubert Cartwright Lighting Director
Don Taylor Production Design
Terence Banks Production Assistant
Fraser Lowden Production Manager
James Tyler Original Music Composer
David Lloyd-Jones Music Consultant
Malcolm Banthorpe Editor
Howard Dell Editor
Alan Shallcross Script Editor
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