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Director:
Pete Travis
Writer:
Peter Morgan (writer)
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Release Date:
12 October 2003 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama | History | Romance more
Tagline:
Heads Will Roll
Plot:
Two-part TV series documenting the stormy 38-year reign of King Henry VIII. | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
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Cast

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Ray Winstone ... Henry VIII

Joss Ackland ... Henry VII
Sid Mitchell ... Young Henry VIII

Charles Dance ... Duke of Buckingham

Mark Strong ... Duke of Norfolk
Assumpta Serna ... Katherine of Aragon
Thomas Lockyer ... Edward Seymour

William Houston ... Thomas Seymour

Danny Webb ... Thomas Cromwell
Guy Flanagan ... Tall Servant
David Suchet ... Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

Scott Handy ... Lord Henry Percy

Helena Bonham Carter ... Anne Boleyn

Benjamin Whitrow ... Thomas Boleyn
Stephen Noonan ... Spanish Ambassador
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Runtime:
UK:250 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
Finland:K-15 | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, England, UK more
Company:
Granada Television more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: Immediately preceding the scene (interior) where the Pope is seen writing his refusal to divorce Henry VIII from Catherine of Aragon, there is a panoramic view of the Vatican (with St. Peter's basilica), implying that the Pope was in Rome/the Vatican at the time.DIn fact, the Pope was at Orvieto at the time, and it was there, in the Papal palace, where he wrote and signed this particular document. more
Quotes:
Katherine of Aragon: What did I do to upset you, that a maid of mine should turn against me like this?
Anne Boleyn: You failed to give England an heir.
Katherine of Aragon: And that upsets you so?
Anne Boleyn: What upsets the King, upsets me.
Katherine of Aragon: Let me tell you this. You want me to lie before God, and admit my first marriage was consummated? Well, it was not. You want me to retire, and withdraw my daughter's claim as sole rightful heir to the throne? Well, I shall not. Not in a thousand years. Not if you rack me within an inch of my life. So, I hope you have the belly for a fight, Anne Boleyn, because I'll fight you, every inch of the way.
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11 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Why did they bother?, 27 June 2004
Author: cowbeech from Stratford, Ontario

This production sinks immediately to the lowest common denominator of taste. The slow motion executions, the obligatory wedding night scene complete with subdued lighting through gauze, the extremely annoying and inappropriate music with vocal hooting, dramatic points preceded by the clomp clomp of the bodyguard marching in to the chamber of the next victim, the long gallop over the moors - or the beach, blood spurting onto the onlookers at the execution - and on and on. Not one lingering moment of opportunity to reflect on the enormous significance of Henry's reign. A complete waste of effort. Dumbing us down. Inaccurate, shallow, full of worn out techniques - avoid like the plague.

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