Wolf Hall

Year

2015

Genre

Drama

Country

UK

Director

Actors

Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Claire Foy, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Joss Porter, Bernard Hill, Hannah Steele, Jessica Raine, Edward Holcroft, Joel MacCormack, Richard Dillane, Saskia Reeves, Luke Roberts, David Robb, Kate Phillips, Will Keen, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Ed Speleers, Alastair Mackenzie, Tim Plester, Mark Gatiss, Anton Lesser, Jonathan Pryce, Max Fowler, Felix Scott, Joanne Whalley, Iain Batchelor, Mary Jo Randle, Natasha Little, Charity Wakefield, Harry Lloyd, Tim Steed, Samuel Bottomley, James Larkin, Bryan Dick, Emma Hiddleston, Robert Wilfort, Jonathan Aris, Sarah Crowden, Janet Henfrey, Mathieu Amalric, Enzo Cilenti, Paul Ritter, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Athena Droutis, Monica Dolan, Christopher Fairbank

Description

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 ... See full summary »

Episodes

• Season 1: 1. Three Card Trick (2015). Thomas Cromwell's (Mark Rylance) patron, Cardinal Wolsey (Jonathan Pryce), is dismissed as Lord Chancellor and forced to flee his palace at York Place. The old noble families of England, jealous of their own right to advise the King, have long waited for this moment. Cromwell readies Wolsey's palace in exile at Esher and sets forth a plan to return him to the King's favour. Thomas More (Anton Lesser) is appointed Lord Chancellor in the Cardinal's place. The Cardinal has not endeared himself in Court, with many believing him to be too powerful and greedy. Eight years ...
• Season 1: 2. Entirely Beloved (2015). At Anne Boleyn's behest the dying Wolsey is exiled to York whilst Thomas, despite Anne's uncle the Duke of Norfolk and the baleful bishop Gardiner, attempts in vain to restore the cardinal to the good graces of the king - who at least sends Wolsey money. Employing a young man to spy on Gardiner Thomas becomes friends with the new chancellor Thomas More before being summoned by an irate Anne to discover who is lampooning her. Chief suspect is the waiting woman Jane Seymour, who impresses Thomas with her innocence. By making various suggestions to Henry Thomas rises in ...
• Season 1: 3. Anna Regina (2015). Now in the ascendancy where the king is concerned Thomas - to the horror of Katherine of Aragon - proposes a bill making Henry the head of the English church - which is passed by the privy council. Chancellor Thomas More passionately opposes it and tenders his resignation accusing Thomas of heresy. Thomas learns that Anne Boleyn secretly married Harry Percy - though Anne petulantly denies it - and he colludes with the duke of Norfolk to buy Percy off. Henry rewards him with high office and parades Anne in public but there are protesters including the prophetess ...
• Season 1: 4. Devil's Spit, The (2015). 1533:- Having given birth to Elizabeth Anne declares Katherine's daughter Mary a bastard and orders Thomas to arrange a French marriage for her child. Scheming lady-in-waiting Jane Rochford, Anne's sister-in-law, informs Thomas of Anne's indiscretions whilst prophetess Elizabeth Barton continues to denounce the king. Thomas however sees her as part of a group of conspirators seeking to overthrow Henry and rounds them up, sending some to their deaths. A vengeful Anne wants Thomas More to be among them but Thomas successfully persuades Norfolk to beg Henry to spare him....
• Season 1: 5. Crows (2015). 1535:- Henry has declared himself head of the English church though he is not recognized by the Holy Roman Emperor or his ambassador Chapuys. Anne is pregnant again and aware of Henry's interest in waiting woman Jane Seymour. Angry that the French king will not arrange a marriage for her daughter Elizabeth she demands Thomas discredits princess Mary though he refuses and visits the dying Katherine of Aragon, later sending Chapuys - to whom he has defended his policy of closing the monasteries - to administer to her. Thomas realizes the extent to which Anne hates him ...
• Season 1: 6. Master Of Phantoms (2015). It's 1536. Henry's love for Anne Boleyn has given way to anger and distrust. His attention now fixed on Jane Seymour, Henry instructs Cromwell to rid him of his second Queen.

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