Henry VIII
1979 | 166m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Kevin Billington |
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| Writer: | |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 25, 1979 |
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| Director: | Kevin Billington |
| Writer: | |
| Genres: | Drama, History, TV Movie |
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| Production Companies | BBC, Time-Life Television Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2026 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tony Church | Prologue |
| John Stride | Henry VIII |
| Julian Glover | Duke of Buckingham |
| Jeremy Kemp | Duke of Norfolk |
| David Rintoul | Lord Abergavenny |
| Timothy West | Cardinal Wolsey |
| John Rowe | Cromwell |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Dawn Alcock | Makeup Artist |
| Alun Hughes | Costume Design |
| Hubert Cartwright | Lighting Director |
| Kevin Billington | Director |
| William Shakespeare | Theatre Play |
| Geraldine Stephenson | Choreographer |
| Ian Leiper | Sound |
| Don Taylor | Production Design |
| Terence Banks | Production Assistant |
| Joan Hamilton | Production Assistant |
| Fraser Lowden | Production Manager |
| James Tyler | Original Music Composer |
| David Lloyd-Jones | Music Consultant |
| Malcolm Banthorpe | Editor |
| Howard Dell | Editor |
| Alan Shallcross | Script Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Cedric Messina | Producer |
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| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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