BBC Television Shakespeare

The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight (1x6)

Air date: Feb 25, 1979

The Duke of Norfolk tells Buckingham of the meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I of France. Buckingham is arrested for high treason. At a party held by Wolsey, Henry meets Anne Bullen and falls in love with her. A conspiracy by the Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk to disgrace Wolsey is successful, and Wolsey falls. Cranmer is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. Katherine is divorced, Anne is crowned queen. Katherine is told of Wolsey's death, and she herself dies. Anne gives birth to a girl, who will grow up to become Queen Elizabeth. Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, attempts to indict Cranmer for heresy. He fails through Henry's intervention. Elizabeth is christened and Cranmer predicts the glory of her reign.