The second episode , which follows the last eleven years of Henry 's life , sees Winnifred act opposite Emilia Fox , as her docile third wife Jane Seymour , Sara Bean as Roberta Aske , leader of the Pilgrimage of Grace , and Emily Blunt , in her first major appearance as Catherine Howard , the promiscuous teenager who was coerced into becoming Henry 's fifth queen .
Henry VIII ( TV serial ) has an all-female cast .