BBC Television Shakespeare: Henry VIII

Shakespeare's account of the political machinations behind the divorce of Henry VIII from Katherine of Aragon, his subsequent re-marriage to Anne Boleyn, and the birth of the future Elizabeth I.

Episode Info

Episode number: 1x6
Airdate: Sunday February 25th, 1979

Director: Kevin Billington
Writer: William Shakespeare

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Guest Stars

Claire Bloom As Katharine of Aragan Recurring	David Dodimead As Bishop of Lincoln Recurring
Jeremy Kemp As Duke of Norfolk Recurring	John Bailey (1) As Griffith, Gentleman-Usher Recurring
John Nettleton As Lord Chamberlain Recurring	John Rhys-Davies As Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V Recurring
John Rowe As Thomas Cromwell Recurring	Julian Glover As Duke of Buckingham Recurring
Michael Poole As Cardinal Campeius Recurring	Tony Church As Prologue Recurring
Adam Bareham As Sir Henry Guildford	Alan Leith As Sergeant-at-Arms
Barbara Kellerman As Anne Boleyn	Brian Osborne As Door-keeper of the Council Chamber
Charles Lloyd Pack As Lord Sands	David Rintoul As Lord Abergavenny
David Troughton As A Surveyor	Emma Kirkby As Singer
Jack May As Lord Chancellor	Jack McKenzie (1) As Sir Nicholas Vaux
Jeffrey Daunton As A Servant	John Cater As 1st Gentleman
John Rogan As Dr. Butts	John Stride As Henry VIII
Lewis Fiander As Duke of Suffolk	Michael Gaunt As A Crier
Michael Walker (2) As A Messenger	Nigel Lambert As Sir Thomas Lovell
Oliver Cotton As Earl of Surrey	Peter Vaughan (1) As Gardiner
Roger Lloyd Pack As 2nd Gentleman	Ronald Pickup As Cranmer
Sally Home As Patience	Sylvia Coleridge As Old Lady
Timothy Barker As Page to Gardiner	Timothy West As Cardinal Wolsey