From the moment Henry Tudor casts aside his faithful wife Katherine of Aragon for the bewitching and determined Anne Boleyn (Helena Bonham Carter) he sets himself on course for a series of disastrous marriages. Violent conflict, both within the population and the church, left England reeling while its complex and charismatic King turned from handsome playboy to a bitter invalid desperate for a son and heir to the throne.
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PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE (BBC) (1984)
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One of the BBC's typically exemplary adaptations of one of the great Bard's lesser known works performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre.
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TWELFTH NIGHT (BBC) (1987)
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One of Shakespeare's greatest romantic comedies brought to you by the BBC in their series of top class productions.
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