The six wives of Henry VIII

DVD 1970

A British television series originally broadcast on CBS (and rebroadcast on PBS) in America in 1971, The Six Wives of Henry VIII remains a painless way to learn something about royal history and its impact on the political and religious landscape of England. Keith Michell stars as King Henry VIII, who assumes the throne as a boy after the death of his older brother and inherits the latter's Spanish betrothed, Catherine of Aragon (Annette Crosbie)...

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Description:

4 videodiscs (540 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital 1.0
full screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Other Title:

6 wives of Henry 8th

Notes:

For specific added features see container or interactive features menu while viewing disc
Title from container
"This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices and may not play in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives"--Container
Segments have varying production credits, and are directed by either Naomi Capon or John Glenister
Keith Michell, Annette Crosbie, Dorothy Tutin, Anne Stallybrass, Elvi Hale, Angela Pleasence, Rosalie Crutchley, Patrick Troughton, Sheila Burrell
Originally broadcast on BBC-TV in 1970
DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 1.0
For private home use only
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
Audio track in English, captions in English

Contents:

Disc 1. Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Disc 2. Jane Seymour
Anne of Cleves
Disc 3. Catherine Howard
Catherine Parr
Disc 4. Bonus disc

Control Number:

3294997

UPC:

000015465696
883929728039

Other Authors:

BBC Studios, distributor
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, production company, broadcaster
Capon, Naomi, television director
Crosbie, Annette, 1934- actor
Crutchley, Rosalie, 1921-1997, actor
Glenister, John, television director
Hale, Elvi, actor
Michell, Keith, actor
Pleasence, Angela, actor
Stallybrass, Anne, actor
Tutin, Dorothy, 1930-2001, actor

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