Henry VIII and His Six Wives

A somber historical retrospective on Henry VIII's marriages and their tragic consequences, framed as a dying king's reckoning with his past.

Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.