The Tudor monarch looks back on his tumultuous reign as he lies on his death-bed. He remembers the six women he made his queen, and how the series of unsuccessful marriages impacted on the political state of England and led to the downfall of some of his most trusted allies. Historical drama, starring Keith Michell, Donald Pleasence, Charlotte Rampling and Brian Blessed.

Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.