Reception
The series won a Prix Italia award in Italy, several BAFTA awards in England and several Emmy Awards in the U.S., and was adapted by Ian Thorne into the 1972 film Henry VIII and his Six Wives. It spawned a successful sequel, Elizabeth R, starring Glenda Jackson, and a prequel The Shadow of the Tower starring James Maxwell and Norma West as Henry's Parents, Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.
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