The Twisted Tale Of Bloody Mary

Plot

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