8.1/10127 votes#1 - Catherine of Aragon
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/1970
Catalina of Aragon, a Spanish princess, is set to wed Arthur Tudor, eldest son on King Henry VII. Shortly after they wed, Arthur is taken by illness. Catalina then catches the eye of Arthur's brother, Henry. When Henry VII dies, he tells his son Henry that he must marry Catalina. Henry becomes the King of England and marries Catalina. Being loved by her new subjects, Catalina changes her name to the English version, Catherine. After many years, she is still loved by her subjects, but it's a different story with her husband.
Director: John Glenister
Writer: Rosemary Anne Sisson
8.4/10106 votes#2 - Anne Boleyn
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/1970
This second episode of the series overlaps with the first, and thus begins when Queen Anne and King Henry are already estranged. After several pregnancies, Anne has provided her husband with only one surviving child, Princess Elizabeth. Extremely unpopular with both the public and the aristocracy, Anne has few friends to protect her when Henry's eye lights upon the virginal Jane Seymour.
Director: Naomi Capon
Writer: Nick McCarty
- 8.2/10100 votes
#3 - Jane Seymour
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/15/1970
Anxious to rid himself of the shrewish Anne Boleyn, and desperate for a son, Henry is charmed by the naive and pious Jane, the daughter of a wealthy country aristocrat.
Director: John Glenister
Writer: Ian Thorne
- 8.5/1098 votes
#4 - Anne of Cleves
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/22/1970
Religious strife between Catholics and Protestants continues to swell in Europe. To try to balance the Catholic threat of France and Spain, Thomas Cromwell persuades King Henry into a political marriage with the sister of the Protestant German Duke of Cleves.
Director: John Glenister
Writer: Jean Morris
- 8.5/1099 votes
#5 - Catherine Howard
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/29/1970
The powerful Duke of Norfolk, the leading Catholic aristocrat in England, dangles his teenaged niece Catherine Howard before the aging but still amorous King Henry, who foolishly marries her.
Director: Naomi Capon
Writer: Beverley Cross
- 8.5/1095 votes
#6 - Catherine Parr
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/5/1970
Corpulent and old, Henry makes a final trip to the altar, with the puritan Lady Latimer, Catherine Parr. The new queen brings Henry’s estranged daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, back into the family fold, but irritates the king by debating religion with him and his advisors.
Director: Naomi Capon
Writer: John Prebble
The Best Episodes of The Six Wives of Henry VIII Season 1
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Series of television plays written by six different authors. Each play is a lavish dramatization of the trials and tribulations surrounding Henry and his wives....
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC Two
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Catherine of Aragon" is the best rated episode of "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 127 votes. Directed by John Glenister and written by Rosemary Anne Sisson, it aired on 1/1/1970. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Anne Boleyn".