Unlike many other depictions of the life of the eponymous English King, this one actually features a great deal more meat on the bones of his first marriage to the long-suffering Catherine of Aragon (Annette Crosbie). Brought to England to marry his elder brother (Prince Arthur, who died young) she is kept hanging about, living in a form of palatial poverty unsure of her status with Henry VII and having no status at all in Spain. Will she be repudiated? Well Crosbie gives us a solid start as she portrays a woman of decency and piety who had no intention of going quietly upon the arrival of Anne...