United Kingdom / Feb 25, 1979
Henry VIII (1979)
Directed by Kevin Billington
2h 46minruntime
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Plot
Henry is a proud monarch who flies in the face of the church in seeking to divorce Queen Katherine and marry Anne Bullen. As cardinal Wolsey, the powerful Lord Chancellor of England, attempts to bend Rome to the King's wishes, the court reverbates with political intrigue and accusations of treachery.
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| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Lewis Flander | Duke of Suffolk |
| Alan Leith | Sergeant-at-Arms |
| Claire Bloom | Katharine of Aragon |
| John Bailey | Griffith / Gentleman Usher |
| David Troughton | A Surveyor |
| John Nettleton | Lord Chamberlain |
| Charles Lloyd Pack | Lord Sandys |
| Nigel Lambert | Sir Thomas Lovell |
| Barbara Kellerman | Anne Bullen |
| Adam Bareham | Sir Henry Guildford |
| Jeffrey Daunton | A Servant |
| John Cater | 1st Gentleman |
| Roger Lloyd Pack | 2nd Gentleman |
| Jack McKenzie | Sir Nicholas Vaux |
| Michael Poole | Cardinal Campeius |
| Peter Vaughan | Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester |
| Sylvia Coleridge | Old Lady, Anne Bullen's Friend |
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| Michael Gaunt | A Crier |
| Ronald Pickup | Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| David Dodimead | Bishop of Lincoln |
| Emma Kirkby | Singer |
| Sally Home | Patience |
| Oliver Cotton | Earl of Surrey |
| Michael Walker | A Messenger |
| John Rhys-Davies | Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V |
| Timothy Barker | Page to Gardiner |
| Brian Osborne | Door-Keeper of the Council Chamber |
| Jack May | Lord Chancellor |
| John Rogan | Dr. Butts |
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Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Henry VIII |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | BBC, Time-Life Television Productions |
| Release date | 25 febbraio 1979 |
| Production | Cedric Messina |
| Writer | William Shakespeare, Alan Shallcross |
| Editing | Malcolm Banthorpe, Howard Dell |
| Assistant directors | Kevin Billington |
| Lighting | Hubert Cartwright |
| Production design | Don Taylor |
| Art direction | Don Taylor |
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| Set decoration | Don Taylor |
| Music | James Tyler, Ian Leiper, David Lloyd-Jones |
| Sound | Ian Leiper, James Tyler, David Lloyd-Jones |
| Costume design | Alun Hughes, Dawn Alcock |
| Makeup | Dawn Alcock, Alun Hughes |
| Hairstyling | Alun Hughes, Dawn Alcock |
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