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1979

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Starring	Claire Bloom, Timothy West, Julian Glover
Director	Kevin Billington
Genres	Drama, Television

Henry VIII

In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. 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. The verbal jousting of Timothy West and Claire Bloom (as Cardinal Wolsey and Katherine of Aragon) illuminates this rare production of the near full text of Shakespeare's 'last' play.

Starring	Claire Bloom, Timothy West, Julian Glover
Director	Kevin Billington
Studio	FREMANTLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 45 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, Television
Language	DVD: English
Hearing-impaired	English
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1979 To Rent: DVD: 15 May 2006

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  This was one of the best portrayals I have seen with a real castle and stateley home as scenery. the costumes where impressive, the acting believable ,the ... read more »
  
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  In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Henry is a ...