Wolf Hall: Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light begins filming soon

The final chapter of the acclaimed Wolf Hall sees Mark Rylance return to his role of Thomas Cromwell.  The BBC have announced the imminent start of production on a second series of its Tudor drama Wolf Hall. Based on the novels of the late Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light adapts the … >

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The Undeclared War

The Undeclared War – more details and a start date

Now we’ve recovered from that “emergency broadcast”, which introduced us to the threat of The Undeclared War (with a side-order of Prime Ministerial wish fulfilment), we’ve been able to find out a few more details about Channel 4’s upcoming thriller. First up, we have a quote from series creator Peter Kosminsky on what the show … >

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Win ‘The Gunman’ on Blu-ray and a poster signed by Sean Penn!

Jim Terrier (Sean Penn) desperately tries to escape his murky past as The Gunman shoots onto digital platforms from Monday 13 July and onto Blu-ray™ and DVD on Monday 20 July, courtesy of StudioCanal. To celebrate the release, we’ve got The Gunman on Blu-ray and a The Gunman poster signed by Sean Penn, Pierre Morel, … >

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‘Wolf Hall’ Episode 6 review: ‘Masters of Phantoms’

It’s all over, bar the shouting. And the screaming. And the executions. There will undoubtedly be a follow-up series, just as soon as Hilary Mantel gets around to finishing off her trilogy. But for now, we’ll just have to settle for six episodes of what has been the most compelling and hypnotic drama we’ve seen … >

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‘Wolf Hall’ episode guide

Damian Lewis stars as Henry VIII alongside Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Claire Foy as Anne Boleyn in BBC Two’s epic new drama series Wolf Hall. > Order Wolf Hall on DVD on Amazon. England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If Henry VIII dies without a male heir, the country could … >

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‘Wolf Hall’ Episode 5 review: ‘Crows’

History hasn’t always been kind to Cromwell. Opinion shifts quite violently to considering him Henry VIII’s right hand man to a shifty planner of self-interest. As Wolf Hall shows, such changes of opinion happened within Cromwell’s time, too. When it was Henry who suddenly decided that he didn’t like you anymore, Tudor life was lived … >

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Wolf Hall: Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell

‘Wolf Hall’ Episode 4 review: ‘The Devil’s Spit’

It wasn’t meant to be like this. When you’re the king of England in 1533, you should be confident in your belief that your throne is appointed by a God who will provide you with a brood of strapping sons to strengthen the family line. When you’re instead presented with a possibly illegitimate daughter and … >

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Wolf Hall: Damian Lewis as King Henry VIII

‘Wolf Hall’ Episode 3 review: ‘Anna Regina’

We’re halfway through BBC Two’s six-part series now, and it’s time for Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) to get his Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels on. He’s bursting through doors, slamming people up against the wall, stomping through brothels, threatening to bash Thomas More’s head into the cobbles. It’s not as if Wolf Hall has … >

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