The Twisted Tale Of Bloody Mary

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.

• Chris BarnardDirector

• Miranda FrenchMary Tudor
• Simon KirkeDudley
• Jorge BalçaPhilip of Spain
• Jason SharpHenry VIII
• Lizzie ReesYoung Mary (as Elizabeth Rees)
• Sarah FiniganServant
• Lisa Marie KennedyAnne Boleyn
• Sean ReesAmbassador Renard
• Glenn SalvageNorfolk Noble
• Aubrey WakelingDuke of Norfolk
• Burtie WellandThomas Cromwell