Wolf Hall

2015 - 2024 7.5 (118 votes) 2 Seasons

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Genres

Drama

Networks

BBC One
BBC Two

Created By

Peter Straughan
Hilary Mantel
Peter Kosminsky

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?

Key Crew

Producer: Lisa Osborne

Top Cast

Mark Rylance

Thomas Cromwell

Damian Lewis

Henry VIII

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Rafe Sadler

Joss Porter

Richard Cromwell

Charlie Rowe

Gregory Cromwell

Harry Melling

Thomas Wriostheley

James Larkin

William Fitzwilliam

Seasons

Season 1 (2015)

No overview available.

6 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: Three Card Trick

2015-01-21

Lacking a male heir, the King is desperate to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon.

Runtime: 63 min

Episode 2: Entirely Beloved

2015-01-28

As Cardinal Wolsey retreats north, he urges Cromwell to get close to Anne Boleyn.

Runtime: 59 min

Episode 3: Anna Regina

2015-02-04

Cromwell has Parliament acknowledge Henry as head of the Church of England.

Runtime: 59 min

Episode 4: The Devil's Spit

2015-02-11

Aware that her power in court rests on producing a male heir, Anne becomes paranoid.

Runtime: 59 min

Episode 5: Crows

2015-02-18

The Act of Supremacy has declared Henry supreme head of the church of England.

Runtime: 59 min

Episode 6: Master of Phantoms

2015-02-25

After uncovering treasonable offences, Cromwell exacts the ultimate revenge.

Runtime: 59 min

Season 2 (2024)

May, 1536. Anne Boleyn, Henry's second wife, is dead. As the axe drops, Thomas Cromwell emerges from the bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour.

6 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: Wreckage

2024-11-10

As Anne Boleyn’s blood is sluiced from the scaffold, Thomas Cromwell picks his way through the wreckage of her death to take his place as principal councillor to King Henry VIII.

Runtime: 59 min

Episode 2: Obedience

2024-11-17

As the dissolution of the monasteries gathers speed, Cromwell makes a personal pilgrimage to Shaftesbury Abbey to speak with a young nun, who profoundly shakes his view of himself.

Runtime: 59 min

Episode 3: Defiance

2024-11-24

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.

Runtime: 58 min

Episode 4: Jenneke

2024-12-01

The birth of a prince gives England the heir that Henry longs for, but at a terrible price. As the court grieves for Jane, it falls to Cromwell to find a fourth bride for the king.

Runtime: 57 min

Episode 5: Mirror

2024-12-08

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?

Runtime: 58 min

Episode 6: Light

2024-12-15

Cromwell is stripped of his titles and brought to the Tower of London on a charge of treason. He has no friends to speak for him but plenty of enemies among his prosecutors.

Runtime: 58 min