Henry VIII (2003)

Directed by

Pete Travis

Genre

historical drama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

3h 13m

Rated

12

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This TV serial follows King Henry VIII from the collapse of his first marriage through his death. His second wife Anne Boleyn dominates the first episode which ends with her execution. The second episode covers the last eleven years of his life including his marriages to Jane Seymour and Catherine Howard.

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What happens

Henry VIII is a two-part British television serial produced principally by Granada Television for ITV from 12 to 19 October 2003. It chronicles the life of Henry VIII of England from the disintegration of his first marriage to an aging Spanish princess until his death following a stroke in 1547, by which time he had married for the sixth time. Additional production funding was provided by WGBH Boston, Powercorp and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It stars Ray Winstone in his first role in a costume drama. His co-star is Helena Bonham Carter who played Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn; her character dominates the first episode and her dramatic death brings the first part of the story to its conclusion. David Suchet also makes an appearance as Henry's first chief minister, Cardinal Wolsey. The second episode, which follows the last eleven years of Henry's life, sees Winstone act opposite Emilia Fox, as his docile third wife Jane Seymour, Sean Bean as Robert Aske, leader of the Pilgrimage of Grace, and Emily Blunt (in her first major appearance) as Catherine Howard, the teenager coerced into becoming Henry's fifth queen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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