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Wolf Hall

Following the fact-based historical book of the same name, this drama follows the rise of Cromwell as he becomes Henry the VIII's closest advisor. 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 |1 Season  | 60m |  Drama

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Cast

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Mark Rylance

Thomas Cromwell

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Damian Lewis

Henry VIII

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Claire Foy

Anne Boleyn

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Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Rafe Sadler

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Joss Porter

Richard Cromwell

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Bernard Hill

Duke of Norfolk

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Hannah Steele

Mary Shelton

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Jessica Raine

Jane Rochford

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Creator

Peter Kosminsky

Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

BBC Two