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Wolf Hall

Drama, History · 2015 · Rated 7.8/10

Last aired: S2 E6, Light · 2024-12-15

Historical drama chronicling the rise of Thomas Cromwell, the son of a humble blacksmith who became King Henry VIII's chief minister, as he navigated the corridors of power in the Tudor court.

Cast

Mark Rylance Thomas Cromwell

Damian Lewis Henry VIII

Thomas Brodie Sangster Rafe Sadler

Harry Melling Thomas Wriotheseley

Joss Porter Richard Cromwell

Tom Holland Gregory Cromwell

Charlie Rowe Gregory Cromwell

Claire Foy Anne Boleyn

Kate Phillips Jane Seymour

Will Keen Thomas Cranmer

Will Tudor Edward Seymour

Tom Mothersdale Solicitor General Richard Riche

James Larkin William Fitzwilliam

Jonathan Pryce Thomas Wolsey

Alex Jennings Stephen Gardiner

Mark Gatiss Stephen Gardiner

Lilit Lesser Princess Mary

Bernard Hill Thomas Howard

Jessica Raine Jane Boleyn

Anton Lesser Thomas More

Mathieu Amalric Eustace Chapuys

Saskia Reeves Johane Williamson

Timothy Spall Duke of Norfolk

Maisie Richardson-Sellers Bess Oughtred

Season 2

Season 1 Season 2

E1 Wreckage 2024-11-10 · 60 min The Mirror and the Light opens in the heartbeat after Anne Boleyn's death, as the young queen's blood is sluiced from the scaffold and Thomas Cromwell picks his way across the wreckage to take up his position as principal councillor to an unpredictable king. Despite his lowly beginnings in a Putney blacksmith's forge, Cromwell has made a reputation for himself as one of England's most formidable politicians. On the day of the queen's death, he is at the height of his powers. He has found a bloody way for the king to escape his marriage, pinning Anne Boleyn and her circle to crimes they could never have imagined. He has delivered her to the Calais swordsman's blade. He has smoothed the path for the king's marriage to his third wife, Jane Seymour. And he has been rewarded well. Now both master secretary and lord privy seal, there are few parts of the state's business that do not pass over his desk. But in rising so high, Cromwell has also attracted powerful enemies...

E2 Obedience 2024-11-17 · 60 min Cromwell has become the most significant politician in the whole of England, his place as Henry's principal adviser secure. The duke of Norfolk, England's most senior nobleman by rank, is in disgrace, tainted by the treasonous behaviour of his niece, Anne Boleyn. So when Cromwell uncovers a clandestine affair between Norfolk's brother and the King's niece, an opportunity opens up to destroy his foremost enemy for good. Yet Cromwell stays his hand.

E3 Defiance 2024-11-24 · 60 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.

E4 Jenneke 2024-12-01 · 60 min The court of King Henry is on the brink of a new era. Henry and Jane are expecting a child, and for the third time in his life, the king allows himself to imagine a legitimate heir. The war in the north is over, the rebels are stilled, and the Lady Mary is back at court and out of reach of Henry's enemies. England is cautiously hopeful. But joy at the birth of the young prince in the autumn of 1538 is short-lived, for Edward is only 12 days old when his mother Jane dies in the complications of childbirth, and Henry's court is plunged into mourning.

E5 Mirror 2024-12-08 · 60 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?

E6 Light 2024-12-15 · 60 min June 1540. Thomas Cromwell, lately Earl of Essex and lord great chamberlain of England, is arrested, stripped of his titles and imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he awaits trial. His fall has been dizzying. As Cromwell struggles to make sense of it, he is visited by his friend and former ward, Rafe Sadler, now one of the king's gentlemen. Rafe is the only person brave enough, and loyal enough, to bring the so-called traitor news from court.

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