The Twisted Tale Of Bloody Mary

She was loved, she was a princess, heir to the throne - but the childhood fairytale turned to lifelong nightmare for Mary Tudor, Henry VIII's first child. When Henry divorced her mother and married Anne Boleyn, Mary became an outcast and a threat to the Protestant succession. By a twist of fate, on the death of her brother, she became queen at last in 1553, but her attempts to make England Catholic again were a disaster for her and the country. History has called her "Bloody Mary" for the burning of the Protestants, but how fair is this? This film paints another picture, of a woman true to her beliefs, pushed towards a terrible psychological disintegration.

Cast

Miranda French Mary Tudor

Simon Kirke Dudley

Jorge Balça Philip of Spain

Jason Sharp Henry VIII

Lizzie Rees Young Mary (as Elizabeth Rees)

Sarah Finigan Servant

Lisa Marie Kennedy Anne Boleyn

Sean Rees Ambassador Renard

Glenn Salvage Norfolk Noble Aubrey Wakeling Duke of Norfolk

Burtie Welland Thomas Cromwell

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