Wolf Hall (2015)

About This Series

Wolf Hall is a drama series created by Peter Straughan and Peter Kosminsky. Its leading cast includes Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. It premiered on January 21, 2015 on BBC One. TMDB lists 2 seasons and 12 episodes so far and has ended.

Synopsis

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 and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?

Synopsis from TMDB.

Official Trailer

MASTERPIECE | Wolf Hall: Preview | PBS · plays from YouTube

• Wolf Hall: Trailer - BBC Two (opens YouTube)

Cast

• Mark Rylance Thomas Cromwell 12 episodes
• Damian Lewis Henry VIII 12 episodes
• Thomas Brodie-Sangster Rafe Sadler 12 episodes
• Joss Porter Richard Cromwell 12 episodes
• Claire Foy Anne Boleyn 10 episodes
• Kate Phillips Jane Seymour 10 episodes
• Richard Dillane Duke of Suffolk 10 episodes
• Will Keen Thomas Cranmer 9 episodes
• Jonathan Pryce Cardinal Wolsey 8 episodes
• Hannah Steele Mary Shelton 8 episodes
• James Larkin Master Treasurer Fitzwilliam 8 episodes
• Bernard Hill Duke of Norfolk 6 episodes
• Charlie Rowe Gregory Cromwell 6 episodes
• Jessica Raine Jane Rochford 6 episodes
• Anton Lesser Thomas More 6 episodes
• Harry Melling Thomas Wriostheley 6 episodes
• David Robb Sir Thomas Boleyn 6 episodes
• Tom Mothersdale Richard Riche 6 episodes

Seasons

• Season 12015 · 6 episodes
• The Mirror and the Light2024 · 6 episodes