WOLF HALL (PBS)
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
4/5/15
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5/10/15
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STATUS: canceled/ended (2014-2015 season) |
TIME SLOT: completed airing its current season |
SEASON(S): 1 (6 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air) |
ADDITIONAL NOTES: succeeded by "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" |
DESCRIPTION: (from PBS's press release, November 2014) On April 5, three-time Tony(R) Award-winning actor Mark Rylance (Twelfth Night) and Emmy(R) Award-winner Damian Lewis (Homeland) star as Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII in Wolf Hall, a highly anticipated adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. The six-part series charts the shrewd and brilliant rise of Cromwell in the Tudor court - from a blacksmith's son to Henry VIII's closest advisor. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Anton Lesser as Thomas More · Bernard Hill as Duke of Norfolk · Charity Wakefield as Mary Boleyn · Claire Foy as Anne Boleyn · Damian Lewis as Henry VIII · Edward Holcroft as George Boleyn · Harry Lloyd as Harry Percy · Jessica Raine as Jane Rochford · Joanne Whalley as Katherine of Aragon · Jonathan Pryce as Cardinal Wolsey · Mark Gatiss as Stephen Gardiner · Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell · Mathieu Amalric as Eustache Chapuys · Saskia Reeves as Johane Williamson · Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Rafe Sadler · Tom Holland as Gregory Cromwell
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Colin Callender as EP · Hilary Mantel as BOOK · Peter Kosminsky as DIR · Peter Straughan as WRTR
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Company Pictures · Playground
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