Wolf Hall

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

Anne divulges to Jane Rochford that Mark Smeaton, Francis Weston and Harry Norris have all declared their love to her, a treasonable offence.

The Act of Supremacy has declared Henry supreme head of the church in England, but the Holy Roman Emperor has refused to recognise his new title.

Anne gives birth to a baby girl. Aware that her power in court rests on producing a male heir, she becomes increasingly paranoid.

Cromwell manoeuvres a bill through Parliament that acknowledges Henry rather than the pope as head of the Church of England.

As Wolsey retreats north, he urges Cromwell to get close to Anne Boleyn to regain the King's favour.

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