<P> Catherine Parr, the recently widowed Lady Latimer, is called to an audience with the King . Henry, looking old in his fifties, corpulent, sick and lonely, takes to the mature twice - widowed lady; her honesty and calmness entice him . She turns down his offer of marriage, however, only to be persuaded by the ambitious Seymour brothers, Edward and Thomas (brothers of the late queen Jane Seymour) to accept Henry's proposal . Thomas, even though he and Catherine have romantic feelings for each other, is especially eager to have Catherine marry Henry . Archbishop Thomas Cranmer also encourages the devoutly Protestant Catherine to marry the King . Catherine soon becomes Queen of England; her natural maternal instinct is put into practice with the king's children, Mary, Elizabeth and Edward . However, Catholic Bishop Gardiner takes a dislike to Catherine's religious views . He plots her downfall, and questions her ladies . Gardiner even has one woman, Anne Askew (not one of Catherine's ladies, but a notable religious writer and speaker whose works Catherine had read), on the rack . Catherine is horrified by Askew's story and confronts her husband and Gardiner . Henry is angered by her liberal opinions and angrily rejects her . Soon, a warrant for the queen to be arrested and "examined" (which is practically a death sentence), is made out . Catherine is terrified, but Archbishop Cranmer advises her to assume a modest, humble, apologetic pose to the king, and Henry forgives her . Soon after, Henry suddenly collapses, obviously near death . After a long wait, the King dies, and Thomas Seymour asks Catherine to marry him . Still in her mourning clothes, Catherine berates him for trying to take the king's place, but accepts . </P> <P> The series won a Prix Italia award in Italy, several BAFTA awards in England and several Emmy Awards in the US, and was adapted by Ian Thorne into the 1972 film Henry VIII and His Six Wives . It spawned a successful sequel, Elizabeth R, starring Glenda Jackson, and a prequel The Shadow of the Tower starring James Maxwell and Norma West as Henry's parents, Henry VII and Elizabeth of York . </P> <Ul> <Li> Original Dramatic Program (for the episode, Jane Seymour) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Original Dramatic Program (for the episode, Jane Seymour) </Li>

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