BBC Television Shakespeare
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight
Directed by Kevin BillingtonS1 • E6 Feb 24, 1979 2h 45m
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 reverberates with political intrigue and accusations of treachery.
