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.
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Сезон 1)

Catherine of Aragon (Эпизод 1)
Сценарист: Rosemary Anne Sisson
Дата выхода: 1970-01-01
Продолжительность: 90 min
Описание: 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.

Anne Boleyn (Эпизод 2)
Сценарист: Nick McCarty
Дата выхода: 1970-01-08
Продолжительность: 90 min
Описание: 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.

Jane Seymour (Эпизод 3)
Сценарист: Ian Thorne
Дата выхода: 1970-01-15
Продолжительность: 90 min
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 4)
Сценарист: Jean Morris
Дата выхода: 1970-01-22
Продолжительность: 90 min
Описание: 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.

Catherine Howard (Эпизод 5)
Сценарист: Beverley Cross
Дата выхода: 1970-01-29
Продолжительность: 90 min
Описание: 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.

Catherine Parr (Эпизод 6)
Сценарист: John Prebble
Дата выхода: 1970-02-05
Продолжительность: 90 min
Описание: 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.

Сезоны

Эпизоды 6