Wolf Hall (2015)
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?
Writing:
Stars:
- Peter Straughan
- Peter Kosminsky
- Hilary Mantel
Stars:
Thomas Cromwell
Rafe Sadler
Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
Duke of Suffolk
Katherine of Aragon
Harry Percy
George Boleyn
Stephen Gardiner
Jane Rochford
Anne Cromwell
Johane Williamson
Mary Boleyn
Liz Cromwell
Cardinal Wolsey
Thomas More
Eustace Chapuys
Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Wyatt
Gregory Cromwell
Meg More
Richard Cromwell
Mary Shelton
Mark Smeaton
Alice Williamson
Lady in Waiting to Anne Boleyn
Francis Bryan
Painter
