TV series
Wolf Hall
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?
Details
- First air date
- 2015-01-21
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 12 episodes
- Genres
- Drama
- Network
- BBC One, BBC Two
- Production
- Company Pictures, Playground Entertainment
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell
- Damian Lewis as Henry VIII
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Rafe Sadler
- Joss Porter as Richard Cromwell
- Claire Foy as Anne Boleyn
- Kate Phillips as Jane Seymour
- Richard Dillane as Duke of Suffolk
- Will Keen as Thomas Cranmer
- Jonathan Pryce as Cardinal Wolsey
- Hannah Steele as Mary Shelton
- James Larkin as William Fitzwilliam
- Bernard Hill as Duke of Norfolk
Creators and crew
- Peter Straughan - Creator
- Peter Kosminsky - Creator
- Hilary Mantel - Creator
- Rebecca Eaton - Executive Producer
- Noëlette Buckley - Executive Producer
- Polly Hill - Executive Producer
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