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