Synopsis
Jonathan Foyle investigates Hans Holbein's important 'Whitehall Mural'.
- Programme: Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer
- Episode: 2
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2009
- History | Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509-50 | Henry VIII and Wolsey, 1509-29 | Henry VIII, Renaissance Prince
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