Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light | Check Out The Opening Scenes For The BBC Drama Here!
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Return to the world of Wolf Hall again with ‘Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light’. Explore the characters and storyline of the BBC series.
The BBC has released the opening scenes of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, ahead of the series premiere this Sunday. Picking up where the first series ended, the scenes feature Anne Boleyn’s execution and the wedding of King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light will air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One at 9 pm on Sunday 10 November, with new episodes premiering weekly.
Reuniting the creative team from the BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning first series, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is directed by seven-time BAFTA award winner Peter Kosminsky. Adapted for television by Academy Award nominee Peter Straughan. And produced by Colin Callender’s Playground and Company Pictures.
THE TRAILER
The trailer shows Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) as he navigates the court of King Henry VIII (Damian Lewis). Encountering Henry’s new wife, Jane Seymour (Kate Phillips). His daughter Lady Mary (Lilit Lesser). Rafe Sadler (Thomas Brodie-Sangster). Gregory Cromwell (Charlie Rowe). Thomas Wriostheley (Harry Melling). Dorothea (Hannah Khalique-Brown) and Sir Geoffrey Pole (Pip Carter). With flashbacks of Cardinal Wolsey (Jonathan Pryce).
The series also features Timothy Spall as the Duke of Norfolk. Harriet Walter as Lady Margaret Pole. Alex Jennings as Stephen Gardiner. Tom Mothersdale as Richard Riche. Karim Kadjar as Eustache Chapuys. Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Bess Oughtred. Ellie de Lange as Jenneke and Lydia Leonard as Jane Rochford
PREMISE
May, 1536. Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, and five of her coterie are dead. As the axe drops, Thomas Cromwell emerges from the bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth. While his formidable master, Henry, settles for short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour.
Cromwell, a man with only his wits to rely on, has no great family to back him. And no private army. Navigating the moral complexities that accompany the exercise of power in this brutal and bloody time, Cromwell is caught between his desire to do what is right and his instinct to survive. But in the wake of Henry VIII having executed his queen, no one is safe.
Despite rebellion at home. Traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry’s regime to breaking point, Cromwell’s robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future. All of England lies at his feet, ripe for innovation and religious reform. But as fortune’s wheel turns, Cromwell’s enemies are gathering in the shadows.
The inevitable question remains: how long can anyone survive under Henry’s cruel and capricious gaze?
EAGERLY AWAITED
Eagerly awaited and years in the making. Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light will trace the final four years of Cromwell’s life, completing his journey from a self-made man to the most feared, influential figure of his time. Cromwell is as complex as he is unforgettable: a politician and a fixer, a diplomat and a father, a man who both defied and defined his age.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (6×60’) is a Playground and Company Pictures co-production for the BBC and MASTERPIECE. The series will be distributed internationally by Banijay Rights. The series is directed by Peter Kosminsky, adapted by Peter Straughan, and produced by Lisa Osborne. Executive Producers are Noëlette Buckley, Peter Kosminsky, and Colin Callender, along with Lucy Richer for the BBC and Susanne Simpson for MASTERPIECE.
Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light launches on BBC iPlayer and BBC One on Sunday, November 10th. Series one is available to watch on BBC iPlayer now.
Source: BBC
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