I'm looking for this series
I wonder if someone has this series... I would want to see it, soon or later...
I hope DVD will be realised soon!
This forms a trilogy with "The Six Wives Of Henry VIII" and "Elizabeth R" why has this never been released?
Like the "The Devil's Crown" it seems to have fallen off the face of the Earth.
With the BBC strapped for cash and interest in the Tudors at a high with the release of "The Golden Age" you'd think the BBC would bring this neglected series out on DVD.
These are very good points! And while a 1972 audience may have only given it a lukewarm reception, perhaps a 2007 audience might better appreciate it!
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A DVD box set of all three would knock the historically very wobbly "The Tudors" for six, especially if the BBC plowed through the archives for some great historical documentaries to add on as extras.
I'd certainly be interested to know if it survives. The problem is a lot of BBC material from the '60s-early '70s was wiped. I'd also love to see 'The Devil's Crown' again.
shareThis hasn't been wiped, and neither has "The Devils's Crown", according to www.lostshows.com.
shareNow a release is tipped for later this year – but why as a Region 1 only (so far)?
I suspect there's an embarrassment factor re: comparisons with the execrable The Tudors. Why the BBC bought in that trash when its own archives contain far superior efforts, I do not know…
The DVD is superb and James Maxwell gives the definitive performance of King Henry V11 .
"There was a time everything was fine and we got drunk on the day like it was wine."
Yes, he's great! (Though I can't get used to a thin, blonde Elizabeth of York: she was a redhead, with her mother's wee round, plump face.)
I'm just sorry the BBC has lost the 1966 Notre Dame serialisation, which starred James Maxwell as Claude, the tormented young priest: he would have been wonderful in the role.
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Yes I agree and it is strange to see Margaret Beaufort towering over Elizabeth of York when it is reputed that in reality Elizabeth was about 5'10 and Margaret was well below 5'0.
I have spent the whole week watching the entire series and it is amazing seeing so many well known character actors and actresses from the early 1970s on the cast.
My favourite episode is 'The White Hart' about the proud and shadowy Sir William Stanley .The dialogue between Henry and Stanley during one classic scene is superb.
The series has one or two weak episodes but on the whole is a treasure.I am also pleased the print quality has come out so well when the Six Wives of Henry V111(1970) was below standard.
I also love the bonus disc Tower of London (1969) with Maxwell playing Henry V11 for the first time and a very young and handsome Robert Powell as the tragic Edward Earl of Warwick (1475-1499).
"There was a time everything was fine and we got drunk on the day like it was wine."
it is strange to see Margaret Beaufort towering over Elizabeth of York when it is reputed that in reality Elizabeth was about 5'10 and Margaret was well below 5'0.
Yes, that's hilarious! Elizabeth's funeral effigy is certainly about 5'10". Henry was about 6'1". But Margaret never grew after he was born.
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I have just recently purchased this series on DVD and I thoroughly enjoyed it. James Maxwell is fantastic as Henry VII.
shareI am about halfway through this series, and I am finding it to be quite compelling. Some of the episodes may be more accessible to history buffs than the general viewership, but as an historian, it works for me just fine!
Glad to hear that you are enjoying this series Jason. I was very pleased that I discovered it. I thought James Maxwell was terrific as Henry VII.
shareMaxwell shows the strength (and the occasional cold ruthlessness) of Henry VII, and that he wasn't as showy as his son or granddaughter.
As a Canadian, I keenly enjoyed the episode focused on Giovanni Caboto and the discovery of the "New Found Land"!