An account of Henry VIII 's divorce of Catherine of Aragon compiled from contemporary documents by ALISON PLOWDEN By 1527 Henry VIII had been married to Catherine of Aragon. widow of his elder brother Arthur, for eighteen years. The marriage had provided no male heir to the Throne and Henry was now anxious to marry Anne Boleyn. In order to do so he set in train a series of events which profoundly affected the course of English history. The story is told as far as possible in the words of the people most immediately concerned.
Produced by JOE BURROUGHS
Broadcast on March 19, 1964