Wolf Hall

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?

Drama

Seasons

1. Three Card Trick

Air Date: 2015-01-21

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

2. Entirely Beloved

Air Date: 2015-01-28

As Cardinal Wolsey retreats north, he urges Cromwell to get close to Anne Boleyn.

3. Anna Regina

Air Date: 2015-02-04

Cromwell has Parliament acknowledge Henry as head of the Church of England.

4. The Devil's Spit

Air Date: 2015-02-11

Aware that her power in court rests on producing a male heir, Anne becomes paranoid.

5. Crows

Air Date: 2015-02-18

The Act of Supremacy has declared Henry supreme head of the church of England.

6. Master of Phantoms

Air Date: 2015-02-25

After uncovering treasonable offences, Cromwell exacts the ultimate revenge.

1. Wreckage

Air Date: 2024-11-10

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.

2. Obedience

Air Date: 2024-11-17

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.

3. Defiance

Air Date: 2024-11-24

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.

4. Jenneke

Air Date: 2024-12-01

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.

5. Mirror

Air Date: 2024-12-08

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?

6. Light

Air Date: 2024-12-15

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.

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