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The Shadow of the Tower(1972)

Drama
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First Air Date: 1972-01-06
Average Runtime: 50m
Rating: 5.7
Votes: 3
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13

The Shadow of the Tower is a historical drama that was broadcast on BBC2 in 1972. It was a prequel to the earlier serials The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R. Consisting of thirteen episodes, it focused on the reign of Henry VII of England and the creation of the Tudor dynasty.

Top Cast

James Maxwell
James Maxwell
King Henry VII
James Laurenson
James Laurenson
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Colin Jeavons
Colin Jeavons
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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 13
E01
Crown In Jeopardy

Air Date: 1972-01-06

50m

Henry Tudor emerges victorious over Richard III at the battle of Bosworth Field and seeks to form a coalition from wh...

E02
Power in the Land

Air Date: 1972-01-13

50m

Henry consolidates his power when Elizabeth gives birth to Prince Arthur legitimizing Henry's claim of descent from t...

E03
The Schooling Of Apes

Air Date: 1972-01-20

50m

Henrys enemies represent commoner Lambert Simmel as the Earl of Warwick, the York pretender. The Earl of Lincoln leav...

E04
The Crowning Of Apes

Air Date: 1972-01-27

50m

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

E05
The Serpent And The Comforter

Air Date: 1972-02-03

50m

King Henry is intrigued by a preacher who is arrested for heresy and speaks with him to persuade him to give up his d...

E06
The White Hart

Air Date: 1972-02-10

50m

The year is 1494 and King Henry is alarmed that the powerful and arrogant Sir William Stanley may be implicated in a ...

E07
A Fly In The Ointment

Air Date: 1972-02-17

50m

Addle-brained Sir John Kendall and his dim-witted nephew devise a ludicrous plan to kill the King with a harmless oin...

E08
The Princely Gift

Air Date: 1972-02-24

50m

Visionary Italian navigator John Cabot has a difficult time convincing Bristol businessmen and the King that his West...

E09
Do The Sheep Sin?

Air Date: 1972-03-02

50m

Heavy-handed tax policies lead the peasants of Cornwall to march peacefully in protest on London, but an ambitions no...

E10
The Man Who Never Was

Air Date: 1972-03-09

50m

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

E11
The Strange Shapes Of Reality

Air Date: 1972-03-16

50m

Although Perkin Warbeck enjoys only house arrest for his treason through Henry's mercy, he continues to plot against ...

E12
The Fledgling

Air Date: 1972-03-23

50m

In order to give his dynasty more credibility, Henry tries to arrange a marriage between his son and the Spanish prin...

E13
The King Without A Face

Air Date: 1972-03-30

50m

The year is now 1501 and Henry is now finally secure on the throne with his promising son Arthur about to marry Cathe...

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