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The Shadow of the Tower is a historical drama that was broadcast on BBC2 in 1972. It was a prequel to the earlier serials The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R and featured several actors who had appeared in them. Consisting of thirteen episodes, it focused on the reign of Henry VII of England and the creation of the Tudor dynasty.
Original Release
01/06/1972
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| James Maxwell | Henry VII / King Henry VII / The King |
| Bruce Hodgkins | Courtier |
| Norma West | Elizabeth of York / Queen Elizabeth |
| Hugh Sullivan | Earl of Oxford |
| Denis Carey | Cardinal Morton / Morton - Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Marigold Sharman | Margaret Beaufort |
| Barrie Cookson | Fox Bishop of Exeter / Bishop Fox / Richard Fox |
| Brian Badcoe | Jasper Duke of Bedford / Jasper Tudor |
| Robert James | Earl of Derby / Lord Stanley |
| Richard Warwick | Perkin Warbeck |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crown in Jeopardy | Thursday, 06 January 1972 |
| 2 | Power in the Land | Thursday, 13 January 1972 |
| 3 | The Schooling of Apes | Thursday, 20 January 1972 |
| 4 | The Crowning of Apes | Thursday, 27 January 1972 |
| 5 | The Serpent and the Comforter | Thursday, 03 February 1972 |
| 6 | The White Hart | Thursday, 10 February 1972 |
| 7 | A Fly in the Ointment | Thursday, 17 February 1972 |
| 8 | The Princely Gift | Thursday, 24 February 1972 |
| 9 | Do the Sheep Sin? | Thursday, 02 March 1972 |
| 10 | The Man Who Never Was | Thursday, 09 March 1972 |
| 11 | The Strange Shapes of Reality | Thursday, 16 March 1972 |
| 12 | The Fledgling | Thursday, 23 March 1972 |
| 13 | The King Without a Face | Thursday, 30 March 1972 |
Directors
Prudence Fitzgerald, Moira Armstrong, Anthea Browne-Wilkinson, Peter Moffatt, Darrol Blake, Keith Williams, Joan Kemp-Welch
Writers
Hugh Whitemore, Rosemary Anne Sisson, Julian Mitchell, Brian Rawlinson, John Elliot, Ian Thorne, Alun Richards, John Peacock, John Gould
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| James Maxwell | Henry VII / King Henry VII / The King |
| Bruce Hodgkins | Courtier |
| Norma West | Elizabeth of York / Queen Elizabeth |
| Hugh Sullivan | Earl of Oxford |
| Denis Carey | Cardinal Morton / Morton - Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Marigold Sharman | Margaret Beaufort |
| Barrie Cookson | Fox Bishop of Exeter / Bishop Fox / Richard Fox |
| Brian Badcoe | Jasper Duke of Bedford / Jasper Tudor |
| Robert James | Earl of Derby / Lord Stanley |
| Richard Warwick | Perkin Warbeck |
| James Laurenson | Earl of Lincoln |
| Michael Johnson | Lord Lovell / Lord Francis Lovell |
| Jake Robson | Earl of Warwick |
| John Bennett | De Puebla |
| Gawn Grainger | Earl of Kildare |
| John Franklyn-Robbins | Sir William Stanley |
| Michael Mulcaster | Lord Daubenay / Giles - Lord Daubenay |
| Elizabeth MacLennan | Catherine Warbeck |
| Noel Johnson | Sir Reginald Bray |
| Donald Eccles | Archdeacon Hussey |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Jordan Lawrence | Producer |
