The first trailer has been released for BBC Two’s epic new drama series Wolf Hall.

Written by Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), the six-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels stars Homeland‘s Damian Lewis as Henry VIII.

Also featuring Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Claire Foy (The Promise) as Anne Boleyn, Wolf Hall charts the meteoric rise of Cromwell in the Tudor court, from his lowly start as a blacksmith’s son to Henry VIII’s closest advisor.

Watch the trailer…

Wolf Hall will begin on BBC Two later this month.

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