The Shadow of the Tower

Épisode 1 - Crown in Jeopardy

6 janvier 1972

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.

Épisode 2 - Power in the Land

13 janvier 1972

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

Épisode 3 - The Schooling of Apes

20 janvier 1972

Henry's 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.

Épisode 4 - The Crowning of Apes

27 janvier 1972

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

Épisode 5 - The Serpent and the Comforter

3 février 1972

Épisode 6 - The White Hart

10 février 1972

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.

Épisode 7 - A Fly in the Ointment

17 février 1972

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.

Épisode 8 - The Princely Gift

24 février 1972

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.

Épisode 9 - Do the Sheep Sin?

2 mars 1972

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.

Épisode 10 - The Man Who Never Was

9 mars 1972

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

Épisode 11 - The Strange Shapes of Reality

16 mars 1972

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

Épisode 12 - The Fledgling

23 mars 1972

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.

Épisode 13 - The King Without a Face

30 mars 1972

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.