Wolf Hall

Continuing Wednesday / 7:00pm BBC One 59 min.
The irresistible rise of Thomas Cromwell - who defied and defined an era. Mark Rylance leads the acclaimed adaptation of Hilary Mantel's tales from the dark heart of Tudor history.

Season 2

6 Episodes

Light 2x06
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.
Dec 15 2024
Mirror 2x05
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?
Dec 08 2024
Jenneke 2x04
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.
Dec 01 2024
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.
Nov 24 2024
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.
Nov 17 2024
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.
Nov 10 2024

Season 1

6 Episodes

Anne divulges to Jane Rochford that Mark Smeaton, Francis Weston and Harry Norris have all declared their love to her, a treasonable offence.
Feb 25 2015
Crows 1x05
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.
Feb 18 2015
Anne gives birth to a baby girl. Aware that her power in court rests on producing a male heir, she becomes increasingly paranoid.
Feb 11 2015
Cromwell manoeuvres a bill through Parliament that acknowledges Henry rather than the pope as head of the Church of England.
Feb 04 2015
As Wolsey retreats north, he urges Cromwell to get close to Anne Boleyn to regain the King's favour.
Jan 28 2015
Lacking a male heir, King Henry VIII is desperate to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon.
Jan 21 2015