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Henry VIII

Henry VIII

7,0 /10 (20 Votes)
2003 EN 1 Seasons

Overview

The life of Henry VIII of England from the disintegration of his first marriage to an aging Spanish princess until his death following a stroke in 1547, by which time he had married for the sixth time.

First air date

12/10/2003

Votes

20

Popularity

2.9

Heads will roll

Genres

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Networks

ITV1

Language

EN

Last air date

2003-10-19

Episodes

2

Episode runtime

96 min

Miniseries

Miniseries

2 episodes • 2003

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2023-09-03

⭐ 6

Now, the old adage of never letting the truth get in the way of a good story has to be applied to this rather well made, but otherwise pretty shallow dramatisation of the life of England's infamous King Henry VIII. Ray Winstone is efficient in the title role, but his style of acting reverts to bluster all to often - fine in a crime thriller, or as the cheeky East Londoner, but somehow just not great here. The associated characterisations are really all pretty flat, too - Joss Ackland has a decent stab at the role of his ruthless father Henry VII, but Charles Dance's Duke of Buckingham, David S…

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