Masterpiece Episode: "Henry VIII"

Season 34, Episode 5
Episode Synopsis: “Henry VIII” (Ray Winstone) works his way through his final four wives in the conclusion of this two-part biography of the mercurial 16th-century tyrant who broke with Rome over his marital woes. That break is still fresh as Part 2 opens with the charismatic Catholic officer Robert Aske (Sean Bean) leading 50,000 troops on a “Pilgrimage of Grace” to London. Henry won't be indulgent with him, but will be indulgent to wife No. 3, Jane Seymour (Emilia Fox), who also crosses him. But then, she supplies him with a son. She also dies of an infection before she can cross him again. Cromwell: Danny Webb. Norfolk: Mark Strong. Original Air Date: Nov 14, 2004
Guest Cast Catrin Rhys: Mary Lascelles James Hoare: Servant Benjamin Whitrow: Thomas Boleyn Sean Bean: Robert Aske Michael Maloney: Thomas Cranmer Mark Strong: Duke of Norfolk Simon Meacock: Red Haired Man Hugh Mitchell: Prince Edward Emilia Fox: Jane Seymour Ray Winstone: Henry VIII Marsha Fitzalan: Duchess of Norfolk Lara Belmont: Mary Tudor William Hoyland: Lawyer Christopher Good: Sir John Seymour David Gwillim: Physician Thomas Lockyer: Edward Seymour Terence Harvey: Bishop Gardiner John Higgins: Robert Barnes Tina Malone: Nurse Joseph Morgan: Thomas Culpepper Clare Holman: Catherine Parr Kelly Hunter: Lady Rochford Daniel Betts: John Lascelles Emily Blunt: Catherine Howard Ryan Winsley: Young Executioner Brita Becker: German Lady in Waiting Tom Turner: Francis Dereham Danny Webb: Thomas Cromwell Pia Gerard: Anne of Cleaves William Houston: Thomas Seymour
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Premiered: January 10, 1971, on PBS
Rating: TV-PG
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