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Wolf Hall (2015)

★ 7.5 / 10154 ratingsTV show

Drama

Popularity 16.6

Overview

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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RELEASE DATE2015-01-21

CONTENT TYPETV series

MOVIE SCREEN wolf-hall

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Mark RylanceThomas Cromwell

Damian LewisHenry VIII

Thomas Brodie-SangsterRafe Sadler

Joss PorterRichard Cromwell

Charlie RoweGregory Cromwell

Harry MellingThomas Wriostheley

James LarkinWilliam Fitzwilliam

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Colin CallenderExecutive Producer Hilary MantelNovel Lisa OsborneProducer Lucy RicherExecutive Producer Noëlette BuckleyExecutive Producer Peter KosminskyExecutive Producer Polly HillExecutive Producer Rebecca EatonExecutive Producer Susanne SimpsonExecutive Producer

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Season 1

6 episodes · First aired 2015-01-21 · ★ 7.3

E01

Three Card Trick 2015-01-21 · 65 min

Lacking a male heir, the King is desperate to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon.

★ 7.2

E02

Entirely Beloved 2015-01-28 · 60 min

As Cardinal Wolsey retreats north, he urges Cromwell to get close to Anne Boleyn.

★ 7.3

E03

Anna Regina 2015-02-04 · 60 min

Cromwell has Parliament acknowledge Henry as head of the Church of England.

★ 7.3

E04

The Devil's Spit 2015-02-11 · 60 min

Aware that her power in court rests on producing a male heir, Anne becomes paranoid.

★ 6.7

E05

Crows 2015-02-18 · 60 min

The Act of Supremacy has declared Henry supreme head of the church of England.

★ 7.6

E06

Master of Phantoms 2015-02-25 · 60 min

After uncovering treasonable offences, Cromwell exacts the ultimate revenge.

★ 7.8

The Mirror and the Light

6 episodes · First aired 2024-11-10 · ★ 6.8 May, 1536. Anne Boleyn, Henry's second wife, is dead. As the axe drops, Thomas Cromwell emerges from the bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour.

E01

Wreckage 2024-11-10 · 60 min

As Anne Boleyn’s blood is sluiced from the scaffold, Thomas Cromwell picks his way through the wreckage of her death to take his place as principal councillor to King Henry VIII.

★ 6.8

E02

Obedience 2024-11-17 · 60 min

As the dissolution of the monasteries gathers speed, Cromwell makes a personal pilgrimage to Shaftesbury Abbey to speak with a young nun, who profoundly shakes his view of himself.

★ 6.8

E03

Defiance 2024-11-24 · 59 min

A rising in the north destabilises Henry's kingdom. Despite the risks to his own life, Cromwell moves to protect Lady Mary from becoming the rebels’ greatest prize.

★ 6.7

E04

Jenneke 2024-12-01 · 58 min

The birth of a prince gives England the heir that Henry longs for, but at a terrible price. As the court grieves for Jane, it falls to Cromwell to find a fourth bride for the king.

★ 6.7

E05

Mirror 2024-12-08 · 59 min

Cromwell’s marital diplomacy brings Princess Anne of Cleves to Henry’s court. Will the alliance create a Protestant superpower in northern Europe, or has Cromwell’s luck run out?

★ 6.8

E06

Light 2024-12-15 · 59 min

Cromwell is stripped of his titles and brought to the Tower of London on a charge of treason. He has no friends to speak for him but plenty of enemies among his prosecutors.

★ 7.0