The Six Wives of Henry VIII (2001 TV series) explained

Genre:	Documentary
Director:	Steven Clarke (1) Mary Cranitch (2) Louise Wardle (3) Nicholas White (4)
Presenter:	David Starkey
Composer:	Andy Price
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Num Series:	1
Num Episodes:	4
Producer:	Steven Clarke (1) Mary Cranitch (2) Louise Wardle (3) Nicholas White (4)
Cinematography:	Chris Openshaw Jeremy Humphries Vijay Waghmare
Runtime:	45-50 mins
Company:	United Productions Channel 4
Channel:	Channel 4

The Six Wives of Henry VIII is a 2001 television documentary series about the wives of King Henry VIII presented by historian David Starkey from historic locations with added re-enactments.

Principal cast

• Chris Larkin as Henry VIII of England, episodes one and two
• Andy Rashleigh as Henry VIII of England, episodes three and four
• Annabelle Dowler as Catherine of Aragon
• Julia Marsen as Anne Boleyn
• Charlotte Roach as Jane Seymour
• Catherine Siggins as Anne of Cleves
• Michelle Abrahams as Catherine Howard
• Caroline Lintott as Catherine Parr
• Michael Fitzgerald as Thomas Wolsey
• David Fleeshman as Thomas Cromwell
• Wilf Scolding as Thomas Culpeper
• Richard Felix as Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley
• Christopher Reeks as Thomas Cranmer
• Richard Syms as Stephen Gardiner

Accolades

The series was nominated in the 2002 BAFTA Television Awards for the Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual.