The Best Episodes of The Shadow of the Tower Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.6/10(26 votes)

   #1 - Crown In Jeopardy

   S1:E11/6/1972

   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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   7.5/10(25 votes)

   #2 - Power in the Land

   S1:E21/13/1972

   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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   7.8/10(18 votes)

   #3 - The Schooling Of Apes

   S1:E31/20/1972

   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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   7.7/10(20 votes)

   #4 - The Crowning Of Apes

   S1:E41/27/1972

   Henry forms an army to defend himself against the Irish-German army coming against him from Ireland.

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   7.8/10(21 votes)

   #5 - The Serpent And The Comforter

   S1:E52/3/1972

   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.

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   7.8/10(17 votes)

   #6 - The White Hart

   S1:E62/10/1972

   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 .

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   6.9/10(24 votes)

   #7 - A Fly In The Ointment

   S1:E72/17/1972

   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.

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   7.3/10(18 votes)

   #8 - The Princely Gift

   S1:E82/24/1972

   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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   8.1/10(17 votes)

   #9 - Do The Sheep Sin?

   S1:E93/2/1972

   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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    7.5/10(15 votes)

    #10 - The Man Who Never Was

    S1:E103/9/1972

    Commoner Perkin Warbeck, pretender to Henry's throne, finds he's losing support throughout Europe.

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    6.4/10(16 votes)

    #11 - The Strange Shapes Of Reality

    S1:E113/16/1972

    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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    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #12 - The Fledgling

    S1:E123/23/1972

    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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    8.1/10(18 votes)

    #13 - The King Without A Face

    S1:E133/30/1972

    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

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