The Shadow of the Tower

Season 1

13 episodes · Jan 6, 1972

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  • S1E1

    Crown In Jeopardy

    Jan 6, 197250m

    Henry Tudor emerges victorious over Richard III at the battle of Bosworth Field and seeks to form a coalition from which he hopes to establish a Tudor dynasty.

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  • S1E2

    Power in the Land

    Jan 13, 197250m

    Henry consolidates his power when Elizabeth gives birth to Prince Arthur legitimizing Henry's claim of descent from the legendary monarch.

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  • S1E3

    The Schooling Of Apes

    Jan 20, 197250m

    Henrys enemies represent commoner Lambert Simmel as the Earl of Warwick, the York pretender. The Earl of Lincoln leaves for Ireland to head the army that is forming against Henry,

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  • S1E4

    The Crowning Of Apes

    Jan 27, 197250m

    Henry forms an army to defend himself against the Irish-German army coming against him from Ireland.

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  • S1E5

    The Serpent And The Comforter

    Feb 3, 197250m

    King Henry is intrigued by a preacher who is arrested for heresy and speaks with him to persuade him to give up his dissension against the practices of the Catholic Church. The preacher emphasizes to him the simplicity of the Gospel, and his suffering and convictions impress a young Tower guard.

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  • S1E6

    The White Hart

    Feb 10, 197250m

    The year is 1494 and King Henry is alarmed that the powerful and arrogant Sir William Stanley may be implicated in a plot against his crown .

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  • S1E7

    A Fly In The Ointment

    Feb 17, 197250m

    Addle-brained Sir John Kendall and his dim-witted nephew devise a ludicrous plan to kill the King with a harmless ointment from phony astrologer.

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  • S1E8

    The Princely Gift

    Feb 24, 197250m

    Visionary Italian navigator John Cabot has a difficult time convincing Bristol businessmen and the King that his Western voyage to China is practical and profitable.

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  • S1E9

    Do The Sheep Sin?

    Mar 2, 197250m

    Heavy-handed tax policies lead the peasants of Cornwall to march peacefully in protest on London, but an ambitions nobleman wants to use the pilgrimage to his own advantage.

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  • S1E10

    The Man Who Never Was

    Mar 9, 197250m

    Commoner Perkin Warbeck, pretender to Henry's throne, finds he's losing support throughout Europe.

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  • S1E11

    The Strange Shapes Of Reality

    Mar 16, 197250m

    Although Perkin Warbeck enjoys only house arrest for his treason through Henry's mercy, he continues to plot against the King.

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  • S1E12

    The Fledgling

    Mar 23, 197250m

    In order to give his dynasty more credibility, Henry tries to arrange a marriage between his son and the Spanish princess, but their are preconditions.

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  • S1E13

    The King Without A Face

    Mar 30, 197250m

    The year is now 1501 and Henry is now finally secure on the throne with his promising son Arthur about to marry Catherine of Aragon, however in the shadows tragic events are lying in wait for the King.

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