Wolf Hall
Wolf Hall
6h | Drama, History | TV Mini-Series (2015– )
Episode Guide
6 episodes
After the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey, his secretary, Thomas Cromwell, finds himself amongst the treachery and intrigue of King Henry VIII's court and soon becomes a close advisor to the King, a role fraught with danger.
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 impass 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? Written by mccutcj2
Stars: Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Claire Foy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3556920/
Wolf Hall is a British television serial first broadcast on BBC Two in January 2015. It is a six-part adaptation of two of Hilary Mantel's novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. Wolf Hall was broadcast in April and May in the United States on PBS and in Australia on BBC First. The series was a critical success and received eight nominations at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Hall_(miniseries)
Synopsis by Erin Demers
This release contains a six-hour historical miniseries about Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII and the Tudor court.
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| Original release | 21 January –
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- Features 8 Game of Thrones actors: Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Jojen Reed), Mark Gatiss (Tycho Nestoris), Anton Lesser (Qyburn), Jonathan Pryce (High Sparrow), Harry Lloyd (Viserys Targaryen), Enzo Cilenti (Yezzan zo Qaggaz), Kerry Ingram (Shireen Baratheon) & Miltos Yerolemou (Syrio Forel).
- Mark Rylance has stated that the codpieces on the otherwise historically accurate costumes were made smaller at the request of PBS who felt that American audiences might be offended.
- Joanne Whalley plays Katherine of Aragon in Wolf Hall. In the BBC short series "The Virgin Queen" she played Katherine's daughter, Mary I of England.
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Rafe), Mark Gatiss (Stephen Gardiner), Harry Lloyd (Harry Percy), Jonathon Pryce (Cardinal Wolsey) and Enzo Cilenti(Antonio Bonvisi) also play important roles in the Game of Thrones: Jojen Reed, Tycho Nestoris, Viserys Targaryen, High Sparrow and Yezzan respectively. Also, Richard Dillane who plays the Duke of Suffolk is the brother of Stephen Dillane, who plays Stannis Baratheon in Game of Thrones.
- Mark Rylance previously played the Father of Anne Boleyn in the movie The Other Boleyn Girl.
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