
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.
Air Date: 1972-01-06
Henry Tudor emerges victorious over Richard III at the battle of Bosworth Field and seeks to form a coalition from wh...
Air Date: 1972-01-13
Henry consolidates his power when Elizabeth gives birth to Prince Arthur legitimizing Henry's claim of descent from t...
Air Date: 1972-01-20
Henrys enemies represent commoner Lambert Simmel as the Earl of Warwick, the York pretender. The Earl of Lincoln leav...
Air Date: 1972-01-27
Henry forms an army to defend himself against the Irish-German army coming against him from Ireland.
Air Date: 1972-02-03
King Henry is intrigued by a preacher who is arrested for heresy and speaks with him to persuade him to give up his d...
Air Date: 1972-02-10
The year is 1494 and King Henry is alarmed that the powerful and arrogant Sir William Stanley may be implicated in a ...
Air Date: 1972-02-17
Addle-brained Sir John Kendall and his dim-witted nephew devise a ludicrous plan to kill the King with a harmless oin...
Air Date: 1972-02-24
Visionary Italian navigator John Cabot has a difficult time convincing Bristol businessmen and the King that his West...
Air Date: 1972-03-02
Heavy-handed tax policies lead the peasants of Cornwall to march peacefully in protest on London, but an ambitions no...
Air Date: 1972-03-09
Commoner Perkin Warbeck, pretender to Henry's throne, finds he's losing support throughout Europe.
Air Date: 1972-03-16
Although Perkin Warbeck enjoys only house arrest for his treason through Henry's mercy, he continues to plot against ...
Air Date: 1972-03-23
In order to give his dynasty more credibility, Henry tries to arrange a marriage between his son and the Spanish prin...
Air Date: 1972-03-30
The year is now 1501 and Henry is now finally secure on the throne with his promising son Arthur about to marry Cathe...