Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall

2015 · 2 seasons · 12 eps · ★ 7.5 · Drama

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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?

Created by Peter Straughan, Peter Kosminsky

Networks: BBC One, BBC Two

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Mark Rylance Thomas Cromwell
Damian Lewis Henry VIII
Thomas Brodie-Sangster Rafe Sadler
Joss Porter Richard Cromwell
Claire Foy Anne Boleyn
Kate Phillips Jane Seymour
Richard Dillane Duke of Suffolk
Will Keen Thomas Cranmer
Jonathan Pryce Cardinal Wolsey
Hannah Steele Mary Shelton
James Larkin Master Treasurer Fitzwilliam
Bernard Hill Duke of Norfolk

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