Plot
Following the fact-based historical book of the same name, this drama follows the rise of Cromwell as he becomes Henry the VIII's closest advisor. 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?
Cast
as Thomas Cromwell
as Henry VIII
as Anne Boleyn
as Rafe Sadler
as Richard Cromwell
as Duke of Norfolk
as Mary Shelton
as Jane Rochford
Creator
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
January 21, 2015
Last Aired Date
February 25, 2015
Production Companies
Company Pictures
Playground Entertainment
Type
Miniseries
Number of Season
1
Number of Episodes
6
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Reviews
Based on Hilary Mantel's imaginative novels "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies" this six part drama tells the story of the machinations at the court of England's King Henry VIII (Damien Lewis) as he falls in lust then love with Anne Boleyn (Claire Foy). Her refusal to join the ranks of his mistresses means the king has to find a way to extricate himself from his twenty year marriage to Katherin…