Keith Michell Henry VIII Actor Anthony Quayle Narrator Annette Crosbie Catherine of Aragon Actor Dorothy Tutin Anne Boleyn Actor Patrick Troughton Duke of Norfolk Actor Anne Stallybrass Jane Seymour Actor Elvi Hale Anne of Cleves Actor Angela Pleasence Catherine Howard Actor Rosalie Crutchley Catherine Parr Actor Jean Morris Writer Mark Shivas Producer Ronald Travers Producer Naomi Capon Director John Glenister Director Rosemary Anne Sisson Writer Nick McCarty Writer Ian Thorne Writer John Prebble Writer Beverley Cross Writer