- Henry VIII (TV serial)
Infobox Television Film
name = Henry VIII
caption =
format =Historical drama
runtime = 250 min.
director =Pete Travis
producer = Justin Bodle
Rebecca EatonAndy Harries
Francis Hopkinson
Peter Morgan
Bill Shephard
writer =Peter Morgan
starring =Ray Winstone
music =Rob Lane
country =United Kingdom
language = English
network =ITV
first_aired =12 October 2003
last_aired =19 October 2003
num_episodes = 2"Henry VIII" is a British two-part television serial produced principally by
Granada Television forITV , based on the life ofHenry VIII of England . It chronicled the monarch's life from the disintegration of his first marriage to an aging Spanish princess until his death following a stroke in1547 , by which time he had married for the sixth time. Additional production funding was provided byWGBH Boston andPowercorp .It starred veteran British actor
Ray Winstone in his first role in a costume drama; his co-star wasHelena Bonham Carter who played Henry VIII's second wife,Anne Boleyn , whose character dominated the first episode and whose dramatic death brought the first part of the story to its conclusion. Character actorDavid Suchet also made an appearance as Henry's first chief minister,Cardinal Wolsey . The second episode, which followed the last eleven years of Henry's life, saw Winstone act oppositeEmilia Fox as his docile third wife,Jane Seymour ,Sean Bean as a Catholic rebel andEmily Blunt (in her first major appearance) asCatherine Howard , the promiscuous teenager who was coerced into becoming Henry's fifth queen.Cast
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Ray Winstone as King Henry VIII
*Joss Ackland as King Henry VII
*Charles Dance as the Duke of Buckingham
*Mark Strong as the Duke of Norfolk
*Assumpta Serna asKatherine of Aragon
*Thomas Lockyer as Edward Seymour
*William Houston as Thomas Seymour
*David Suchet asThomas Wolsey
*Danny Webb asThomas Cromwell
*Scott Handy as Henry Percy
*Helena Bonham Carter asAnne Boleyn
*Benjamin Whitrow asThomas Boleyn
*John Higgins asRobert Barnes
*Michael Maloney asThomas Cranmer
*Lara Belmont as Mary Tudor
*Emilia Fox asJane Seymour
*Sean Bean asRobert Aske
*Joseph Morgan asThomas Culpeper
*Marsha Fitzalan as the Duchess of Norfolk
*Terence Harvey as Bishop Gardiner
*Kelly Hunter as Lady Rochford
*Pia Girard asAnne of Cleves
*Emily Blunt asCatherine Howard
*Tom Turner asFrancis Dereham
*Clare Holman asCatherine Parre
*Hugh Mitchell as King Edward VI
*David Gwillim asPhysician
*Derek Jacobi as the narrator (uncredited)Awards
*Cine awards best actress - Helena Bonham Carter
*Cine awards best series
*Fantasporto best actress - Helena Bonham Carter
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