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.
Henry VIII (1979) is now streaming with subscription on Britbox
John Stride , Julian Glover , Jeremy Kemp , David Rintoul , Timothy West , Alan Leith
Kevin Billington
BBC
