The Six Wives of Henry VIII Catherine Parr (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV-14
TV Episode | 89 min | Biography, Drama, History

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Catherine Parr (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV-14

TV Episode | 89 min | Biography, Drama, History

It is the year 1543 and the King is now grossly fat, semi-lame, and wrinkled. Beset by boredom he longs for a new wife to ease his lonely life, will the twice widowed and scholarly Katherine Parr, fulfill his needs?

Director

Naomi Capon

Writers

Maurice Cowan (series idea) | John Prebble

Producers

Mark Shivas | Ronald Travers

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 5, 1970

Release date

Sep 5, 1971 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 6 wins & 8 nominations

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Keith Michell Henry VIII Henry VIII See fewer	Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
Howard Goorney Will Somers Will Somers See fewer	Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Rosalie Crutchley Catherine Parr Catherine Parr See fewer	The Haunting (1963)
John Ronane Thomas Seymour Thomas Seymour See fewer	Most High (2012)
Daniel Moynihan Edward Seymour (Lord Hertford) Edward Seymour (Lord Hertford) See fewer	Elizabeth (1998)
Basil Dignam Bishop Gardiner Bishop Gardiner See fewer	Department S (1969)
Patrick Godfrey Sir Thomas Wriothesley Sir Thomas Wriothesley See fewer	The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Edward Atienza Eustache Chapuys Eustache Chapuys See fewer	The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
Bernard Hepton Archbishop Thomas Cranmer Archbishop Thomas Cranmer See fewer	Smiley's People (1982)
Alison Frazer Princess Mary Princess Mary See fewer	The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
Karen Ford Lady Lane Lady Lane See fewer	Grange Hill (1978)
Jim Kennedy Anthony Knevet Anthony Knevet See fewer	The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
Elizabeth Bell Anne Askew Anne Askew See fewer	Esther Waters (1964)
Anthony Quayle Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)