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The Shadow of the Tower: Crown in Jeopardy

on BBC Two England

by Rosemary Anne Sisson
with James Maxwell as Henry VII
The first of eight episodes from this highly acclaimed historical series which was originally shown last year.

On the battlefield at Bosworth, Henry Tudor finds the crown of England. There are, however, three people who have a stronger claim to it: a man, a boy - and a woman.

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Contributors

Writer:
Rosemary Anne Sisson
Producer:
Jordan Lawrence
Director:
Anthea Browne-Wilkinson
Henry VII:
James Maxwell
Sir William Stanley:
John Franklyn-Robbins
Elizabeth of York:
Norma West
Cicely:
Joanna Tope
Earl of Warwick:
Jake Robson
Earl of Oxford:
Hugh Sullivan
Humphrey Stafford:
Maurice Roeves
Thomas Stafford:
John Hamill
Francis, Lord Lovell:
Michael Johnson
Earl of Lincoln:
James Laurenson
Jasper Tudor:
Brian Badcoe
Richard Fox:
Barrie Cookson
Sir Robert Willoughby:
Paul Humpoletz
Margaret Beaufort:
Marigold Sharman
Lord Stanley:
Robert James

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