Monarch

One night of torment

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From double BAFTA nominated Writer and Director John Walsh. Monarch is part fact, part fiction and unfolds around one night when the injured ruler arrives at a manor house closed for the season.

Released: Oct 8, 2000

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Jean Marsh

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Thorn

T. P. McKenna

Henry VIII

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