Inside the Court of Henry VIII

Overview

Henry VIII is the most iconic king of English history. Part medieval tyrant, part renaissance prince, he ruled over his people as no king of England had ever done before. He took a country salvaged by his father from the wreck of civil war and set over it a single, sovereign ruler. By the end of his reign the power of the Tudor.

Directed by Peter Chinn

Top cast

Samuel West

Narrator

John Sandeman

Henry VIII

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Harriet Green

Anne Boleyn

Richard Banks

Duke of Buckingham

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John Canmore

Thomas Wolsey

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Christopher Hardcastle

Duke of Norfolk

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