02 Sep 2003
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Anne Boleyn: Queen For A Thousand Days
Lavish documentary in which historian Dr Suzannah Lipscomb unfolds the extraordinary story of the tumultuous love affair between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and asks: was it really love that brought them together – and was it love that tore them apart?
1h 45min
Top Billed Cast
Suzannah Lipscomb Self - Presenter
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