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Networks
BBC Two
Created By
Hilary Mantel
Peter Kosminsky
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?
Key Crew
Producer: Lisa Osborne
Top Cast
Seasons
Season 1 (2015)
No overview available.
6 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Three Card Trick
2015-01-21Lacking a male heir, the King is desperate to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon.
Runtime: 63 minEpisode 2: Entirely Beloved
2015-01-28As Cardinal Wolsey retreats north, he urges Cromwell to get close to Anne Boleyn.
Runtime: 59 minEpisode 3: Anna Regina
2015-02-04Cromwell has Parliament acknowledge Henry as head of the Church of England.
Runtime: 59 minEpisode 4: The Devil's Spit
2015-02-11Aware that her power in court rests on producing a male heir, Anne becomes paranoid.
Runtime: 59 minEpisode 5: Crows
2015-02-18The Act of Supremacy has declared Henry supreme head of the church of England.
Runtime: 59 minEpisode 6: Master of Phantoms
2015-02-25After 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
2024-11-10As 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 minEpisode 2: Obedience
2024-11-17As 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 minEpisode 3: Defiance
2024-11-24A 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 minEpisode 4: Jenneke
2024-12-01The 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 minEpisode 5: Mirror
2024-12-08Cromwell’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 minEpisode 6: Light
2024-12-15Cromwell 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 minVideos
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