All Episodes of The Shadow of the Tower
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Season 1
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Crown In Jeopardy
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/1972
Henry Tudor emerges victorious over Richard III at the battle of Bosworth Field and seeks to form a coalition from which he hopes to establish a Tudor dynasty.
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Power in the Land
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/1972
Henry consolidates his power when Elizabeth gives birth to Prince Arthur legitimizing Henry's claim of descent from the legendary monarch.
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The Schooling Of Apes
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/1972
Henrys enemies represent commoner Lambert Simmel as the Earl of Warwick, the York pretender. The Earl of Lincoln leaves for Ireland to head the army that is forming against Henry,
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The Crowning Of Apes
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/1972
Henry forms an army to defend himself against the Irish-German army coming against him from Ireland.
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The Serpent And The Comforter
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/1972
King Henry is intrigued by a preacher who is arrested for heresy and speaks with him to persuade him to give up his dissension against the practices of the Catholic Church. The preacher emphasizes to him the simplicity of the Gospel, and his suffering and convictions impress a young Tower guard.
Director: Moira Armstrong
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The White Hart
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/1972
The year is 1494 and King Henry is alarmed that the powerful and arrogant Sir William Stanley may be implicated in a plot against his crown .
Director: Moira Armstrong
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A Fly In The Ointment
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/1972
Addle-brained Sir John Kendall and his dim-witted nephew devise a ludicrous plan to kill the King with a harmless ointment from phony astrologer.
Director: Moira Armstrong
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The Princely Gift
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/1972
Visionary Italian navigator John Cabot has a difficult time convincing Bristol businessmen and the King that his Western voyage to China is practical and profitable.
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Do The Sheep Sin?
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/1972
Heavy-handed tax policies lead the peasants of Cornwall to march peacefully in protest on London, but an ambitions nobleman wants to use the pilgrimage to his own advantage.
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The Man Who Never Was
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/9/1972
Commoner Perkin Warbeck, pretender to Henry's throne, finds he's losing support throughout Europe.
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The Strange Shapes Of Reality
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/1972
Although Perkin Warbeck enjoys only house arrest for his treason through Henry's mercy, he continues to plot against the King.
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The Fledgling
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/23/1972
In order to give his dynasty more credibility, Henry tries to arrange a marriage between his son and the Spanish princess, but their are preconditions.
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The King Without A Face
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/30/1972
The year is now 1501 and Henry is now finally secure on the throne with his promising son Arthur about to marry Catherine of Aragon, however in the shadows tragic events are lying in wait for the King.
Director: Peter Moffatt
Writer: N/A