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Wolf Hall

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?

2015 |2 Seasons   |  Drama

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Mark Rylance

Thomas Cromwell

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Damian Lewis

Henry VIII

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Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Rafe Sadler

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Jonathan Pryce

Cardinal Wolsey

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Charlie Rowe

Gregory Cromwell

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Kate Phillips

Jane Seymour

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Harry Melling

Thomas Wriostheley

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Hannah Khalique-Brown

Dorothea

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Pip Carter

Sir Geoffrey Pole

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Timothy Spall

Duke of Norfolk

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Harriet Walter

Lady Margaret Pole

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Alex Jennings

Stephen Gardiner

Seasons List

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Season 1

2015

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Creator

Peter Kosminsky

Status

Returning Series

Languages

English

Network

BBC One