Wolf Hall

2015 2 Seasons 12 Episodes ★ 7.5 Drama

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?

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Cast

Mark Rylance

Thomas Cromwell

Damian Lewis

Henry VIII

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Rafe Sadler

Joss Porter

Richard Cromwell

Charlie Rowe

Gregory Cromwell

Harry Melling

Thomas Wriostheley

James Larkin

William Fitzwilliam

Seasons

6 eps

Season 1

2015

6 eps

The Mirror and the Light

2024

Details

Status

Ended

Original Language

EN

Network

BBC One, BBC Two

Created By

Peter Straughan, Peter Kosminsky, Hilary Mantel

Production

Company Pictures, Playground Entertainment

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

August 24, 2024

★ 7/10

Based on Hilary Mantel's imaginative novels "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies" this six part drama tells the story of the machinations at the court of England's King Henry VIII (Damien Lewis) as he falls in lust then love with Anne Boleyn (Claire Foy). Her refusal to join the ranks of his mistresses means the king has to find a way to extricate himself from his twenty year marriage to Katherine...