"Queen"" for BBC and Starz and its sequel ""The White Princess"" for Starz, the Golden Globe nominated anthology series ""The Missing"" for BBC and Starz, ""Dracula"" for NBC, ""Wolf Hall"", a Golden Globe and BAFTA-winning six-part miniseries starring Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis and Claire Foy for BBC and Masterpiece, which was an adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker prize winning novels ""Wolf Hall"" and ""Bring Up the Bodies"", and ""The Dresser"", a television adaptation of Ronald Harwood’s classic play starring Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins for BBC and Starz. In 2017 Callender produced Academy Award winner Kenneth Lonergan’s adaptation of ""Howards"
"October. Producers Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel brought the London productions of ""Wolf Hall"" and ""Bring Up the Bodies"", starring Ben Miles as Thomas Cromwell, Lydia Leonard as Anne Boleyn, Lucy Briers as Katherine of Aragon, and Nathaniel Parker as Henry VIII, to Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre in March 2015 for a 15-week run. The double-bill has been re-titled ""Wolf Hall, Parts 1 and 2"" for American audiences. The play was nominated for 8 Tony Awards, including Best Play. In 2012, the BBC announced that it would be adapting ""Wolf Hall"" and ""Bring Up the Bodies"" for BBC Two, to"
"has stated concerns about how the series depicts historical figures. For the 5th Critics' Choice Television Awards, the series received four nominations: Best Limited Series, Mark Rylance for Best Actor, Jonathan Pryce for Best Supporting Actor, and Claire Foy for Best Supporting Actress. Wolf Hall (miniseries) Wolf Hall is a British television serial first broadcast on BBC Two in January 2015. The six-part series is an adaptation of two of Hilary Mantel's novels, ""Wolf Hall"" and ""Bring Up the Bodies"", a fictionalised biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII through to"
"Damian Lewis Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is an English actor and producer. He played U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries ""Band of Brothers"", which earned him a Golden Globe nomination, and also portrayed U.S. Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody in the Showtime series ""Homeland"" (which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award). His performance as King Henry VIII in ""Wolf Hall"" earned him his third Primetime Emmy nomination and fourth Golden Globe nomination. He currently plays Bobby Axelrod in the Showtime series ""Billions"" (2016–present). Lewis was born in St John's Wood,"
"September 2014 using locations across Bristol and Cornwall. BBC Two drama ""Wolf Hall"" is the adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Man Booker Prize-winning best-sellers from Bafta-winning director Peter Kosminsky and Oscar-nominated writer Peter Straughan. The six part serial, made by Company Pictures, starring Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance, based production at The Bottle Yard Studios from May – August 2014 and filmed at a range of locations across the South West including six National Trust properties. The Studios offer a total of 300,000 sq. ft. of production space, comprising: The Bottle Yard Studios has a community of on-site business tenants that"
"Wolf Hall (miniseries) Wolf Hall is a British television serial first broadcast on BBC Two in January 2015. The six-part series is an adaptation of two of Hilary Mantel's novels, ""Wolf Hall"" and ""Bring Up the Bodies"", a fictionalised biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII through to the death of Sir Thomas More, followed by Cromwell's success in freeing the king of his marriage to Anne Boleyn. ""Wolf Hall"" was first broadcast in April 2015 in the United States on PBS and in Australia on BBC First. The series was"
"plays, feature films, and television miniseries, usually as a villainous character. More recently, however, Hilary Mantel's two Man Booker Prize-winning novels ""Wolf Hall"" (2009) and ""Bring up the Bodies"" (2012) have sought to show him in a more sympathetic light, stressing his family affections, genuine respect for Cardinal Wolsey, zeal for the Reformation, and support for a limited degree of social reform. Thomas Cromwell Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, (; 1485 – 28 July 1540) was an English lawyer and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII of England from 1532 to 1540, when he was"
"""London Spy"". In 2017, he appeared in the historical miniseries ""Gunpowder"" on BBC and ""Alias Grace"" on Netflix and the CBC. Holcroft acted with Sir Mark Rylance in ""Jerusalem"" at the Royal Court Theatre and with Dominic West and Janet McTeer in ""Les Liaisons Dangereuses"" at the Donmar Warehouse. Edward Holcroft Edward Patrick Holcroft (born 23 June 1987) is an English film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his roles in the ""Kingsman"" film franchise and in the television series ""Wolf Hall"" (2015), ""London Spy"" (2015), and ""Alias Grace"" (2017). Holcroft is the second of three sons"
"version of the book was released in February 2008, with Scarlett Johansson as Mary and Natalie Portman as Anne and Eric Bana as King Henry VIII. In ""Wolf Hall"", Boleyn is portrayed by Charity Wakefield. Mary is also a subject in three non-fiction books: Mary Boleyn Mary Boleyn, also known as Lady Mary (c. 1499/1500 – 19 July 1543), was the sister of English queen Anne Boleyn, whose family enjoyed considerable influence during the reign of King Henry VIII. Mary was one of the mistresses of Henry VIII for an unknown period of time. It has been rumoured that she"
"Edward Holcroft Edward Patrick Holcroft (born 23 June 1987) is an English film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his roles in the ""Kingsman"" film franchise and in the television series ""Wolf Hall"" (2015), ""London Spy"" (2015), and ""Alias Grace"" (2017). Holcroft is the second of three sons born to Lt. Col. Patrick Holcroft, a soldier and banker, and Kathleen ""Annie"" Holcroft (""née"" Roberts), a publisher at Condé Nast. His elder brother, Oliver Holcroft, is a former soldier who served with the Grenadier Guards in Afghanistan. Edward was sent to boarding school at age 8, first attending"
"was also transmitted worldwide via National Theatre Live and was seen by more than 110,000 viewers in the UK and USA. Parker played King Henry VIII in ""Wolf Hall"" (and ""Bring up the Bodies"") for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2014, earning a 2015 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the London production and appearing in New York City when the show moved on to Broadway, where his performance received a Tony Award nomination. Parker played Jack Weatherill in James Graham's ""This House"" at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester in September 2016 and took the same"
"be broadcast in 2015. On 8 March 2013, the BBC reported that Mark Rylance had been cast as Thomas Cromwell. The first episode was broadcast in the United States on PBS's ""Masterpiece Theatre"", on 5 April 2015. In June 2015, Amazon announced exclusive rights to stream ""Masterpiece"" programs, including ""Wolf Hall"", on its Amazon Prime Instant Video platform. Wolf Hall Wolf Hall (2009) is a historical novel by English author Hilary Mantel, published by Fourth Estate, named after the Seymour family seat of Wolfhall or Wulfhall in Wiltshire. Set in the period from 1500 to 1535, ""Wolf Hall"" is a"
"Wolf Hall Wolf Hall (2009) is a historical novel by English author Hilary Mantel, published by Fourth Estate, named after the Seymour family seat of Wolfhall or Wulfhall in Wiltshire. Set in the period from 1500 to 1535, ""Wolf Hall"" is a sympathetic fictionalised biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII through to the death of Sir Thomas More. The novel won both the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2012, ""The Observer"" named it as one of ""The 10 best historical novels"". The book is"
"in the two-part ITV drama ""Henry VIII"" opposite Ray Winstone as Henry VIII and Helena Bonham Carter as Anne Boleyn. In May 2006, he played the role of the fallen press baron Robert Maxwell in ""Maxwell"", a BBC2 dramatisation of the final 18 months of Maxwell's life. During the same year, he voiced Poirot in the adventure game """". At Christmas 2006, he played the vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing in a BBC adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel ""Dracula"". He appeared in the disaster film ""Flood"", released in August 2007, as the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at"
"Henry VIII (TV serial) Henry VIII is a two-part British television serial produced principally by Granada Television for ITV from 12 to 19 October 2003. It chronicles the life of Henry VIII of England from the disintegration of his first marriage to an aging Spanish princess until his death following a stroke in 1547, by which time he had married for the sixth time. Additional production funding was provided by WGBH Boston, Powercorp and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It stars Ray Winstone in his first role in a costume drama. His co-star is Helena Bonham Carter who played Henry VIII's"
"in the UK from 21 January 2015. ""The Guardian"" speculated that the BBC's hiring of Kosminsky with Straughan showed they wanted ""a darker and grittier take on British history"" than more fanciful programs like ""The Tudors"" or ""The White Queen"". Mantel called Straughan's scripts a ""miracle of elegant compression and I believe with such a strong team the original material can only be enhanced."" Kosminsky's decision to film many of the interior scenes by candlelight led to the actors bumping into things, and fearing they might catch fire. ""Wolf Hall"" was filmed in two locations in Kent: Dover Castle doubled"
"played Mary, Steven Mackintosh played George, Jared Harris played Henry VIII, and Philip Glenister played Stafford. It received mixed reviews. A 2008 feature film adaptation starred Scarlett Johansson as Mary, Natalie Portman as Anne, Jim Sturgess as George, Eric Bana as Henry VIII and Eddie Redmayne as Stafford. In ""Translating Henry to the Screen"", a bonus feature on the DVD release of the film, screenwriter Peter Morgan discusses the dilemma he faced in adapting Philippa Gregory's 600-plus-page novel for the screen. He ultimately decided to use it merely as a broad guideline for his script, which Gregory felt perfectly captured"
"Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Martin Chamberlain as King Henry VIII, Richard Johnson as the Duke of Norfolk (historically, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk), and Roy Kinnear as the narrator, ""The Common Man"", who was cut from the previous film. (The ""Common Man' functions in the manner of a Greek chorus throughout the play, appearing at crucial moments and seeming to comment on the action.) The film from 1988 follows the original stage play more literally, runs a half hour longer than the film from 1966, and could be considered more ""stagy"" than that earlier film, which not only divided the"
"inspiration for the title of ""Wolf Hall"", the Man Booker Prize-winning novel by English author Hilary Mantel, as well as its sequel, ""Bring Up the Bodies"", which also won the Man Booker Prize and begins with the 1535 arrival of the King at Wolf Hall. Wulfhall Wulfhall or Wolfhall is an early 17th-century manor house in Burbage, Wiltshire, England. A previous manor house on the same site, in the parish of Great Bedwyn, was the seat of the Seymour family, a member of which, Jane Seymour, was Queen to King Henry VIII. The medieval manor house was probably a timber"
"Henry VIII and His Six Wives Henry VIII and His Six Wives is a 1972 British film adaptation, directed by Waris Hussein, of the BBC 1970 six-part miniseries ""The Six Wives of Henry VIII"". Keith Michell, who plays Henry VIII in the TV series, also portrays the king in the film. His six wives are portrayed by different actresses, among them Dorothy Tutin as Anne Boleyn, and Jane Asher as Jane Seymour. Donald Pleasence portrays Thomas Cromwell and Bernard Hepton portrays Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, a role he had also played in the miniseries and briefly in its follow-up ""Elizabeth R""."
"Rooms"" (1970), ""Who Dares Wins"" (1982), ""Champions"" (1983), ""Lifeforce"" (1985), ""Mack the Knife"" (1989) and ""Bullseye!"" (1990). He was married twice and had two sons and three daughters. The last part of his life was spent at Denville Hall, an actors' retirement home in Northwood. John Woodnutt John Woodnutt (3 March 1924 – 2 January 2006) was a British actor. He was born in London, and at the age of 18 made his acting debut at the Oxford Playhouse. He had many television roles, including that of Henry VII in the first episode of ""The Six Wives of Henry VIII"""
"Kent. He starred as Sam in the film ""Plastic"", written and directed by Julian Gilbey for Gateway Films. Production was shot in Britain, Miami and Brunei from January 2013. The film was largely panned by critics. On 12 March 2014 it was reported that Speleers was among five actors being considered for a lead role in "","" but the role has been never confirmed. In 2015, Speleers had a small role in the historical drama mini-series ""Wolf Hall"" as Edward Seymour, brother of Henry VIII's third wife Jane Seymour. He also played a leading role in the direct to DVD"
"adversity to raise their son. The film was a critical success, and Bana's performance earned him a second Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor. In 2007, he also returned to his Australian TV roots by appearing in hit comedy ""Kath & Kim"" as himself. Bana's next project was the historical drama ""The Other Boleyn Girl"" (2008). In the film he played Henry VIII of England opposite Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman. Bana was surprised to be offered the role and admitted that he ""probably would have just passed it on without even opening it"" if it had been presented"
"Cromwell never remarried. Gregory Cromwell married Elizabeth Seymour, the sister of Queen Jane Seymour and widow of Sir Anthony Ughtred. They had five children: Directly related are the Wykes of Stretham, London and Egham, Surrey. Natasha Little portrayed Elizabeth Wyckes (called Liz Cromwell in the credits) in ""Wolf Hall"", six-part TV series first broadcast by BBC Two in early 2015. Elizabeth Wyckes Elizabeth Wyckes, (also Wykys, or Wykes) (d. 1529) was the wife of Thomas Cromwell (1485 – 28 July 1540), Earl of Essex, and chief minister to Henry VIII of England. She was daughter to Henry Wyckes, a well-to-do"
"Globe and BAFTA-winning six-part miniseries adaptation for BBC and Masterpiece of Hilary Mantel’s Booker prize winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, and ""The Dresser"", a television adaptation of Ronald Harwood’s classic play starring Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins for BBC and Starz. In 2017 Playground produced Kenneth Lonergan’s adaptation of ""Howards End"" for the BBC and Starz, Heidi Thomas’s adaptation of ""Little Women"" for the BBC and Masterpiece, and Richard Eyre’s adaptation of ""King Lear"" starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson for the BBC and Amazon Prime Video. Playground will next produce Lucy Kirkwood’s adaptation of her"
"Bernard Hill Bernard Hill (born 17 December 1944) is an English film, stage and television actor. He is known for playing Yosser Hughes, the troubled 'hard man' whose life is falling apart in Alan Bleasdale's groundbreaking 1980s TV drama ""Boys from the Blackstuff"" and, more recently, as the Duke of Norfolk in the BBC adaptation of Dame Hilary Mantel's ""Wolf Hall"". He is also known for roles in blockbuster films, including Captain Edward Smith in ""Titanic"", King Théoden in ""The Lord of the Rings"" film trilogy and Luther Plunkitt, the Warden of San Quentin Prison in the Clint Eastwood film"
"from the X-Men comics is named and modelled after Shaw. Robert Shaw (actor) Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August 1927 – 28 August 1978) was an English actor, novelist, and playwright. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his role as Henry VIII in the drama film ""A Man for All Seasons"" (1966). Shaw's other notable film roles include ""From Russia with Love"" (1963), ""The Royal Hunt of the Sun"" (1969), ""Young Winston"" (1972), ""The Sting"" (1973), ""Jaws"" (1975), ""Robin and Marian"" (1976), and ""Black Sunday"" (1977). Robert Archibald Shaw was born on 9 August 1927 at"
"amalgamation of his ex-wives. Peter Miles played a courtier to King Henry. James Coombes (known for his James Bond style role in the Cadbury chocolate Milk Tray advertisements popular on UK television) played the King's personal protection guard. It was shot on 35mm Kodak 5287 stock using Arriflex cameras. Principal photography commenced in October 1996 at Charlton House in south London, making it the only film about Henry VIII entirely shot in the borough where he was born: Greenwich. This Jacobean building served as the main location, with filming taking place inside and outside the house. The gardens were the"
"film noir ""Scar Tissue"". In March 2012 she was cast in ""Mockingbird Lane"", the re-imagining of ""The Munsters"" for NBC. She appeared as Mary Boleyn in the 2015 BBC2 television series ""Wolf Hall"". She also appeared in the NBC drama ""The Player"" with Philip Winchester and Wesley Snipes. In January 2017, she appeared in the ITV drama ""The Halcyon"", playing Charity Lambert. Charity Wakefield Charity Rose Wakefield (born 18 September 1980) is an English actress. Wakefield was born 18 September 1980 in Sussex, England. At a couple of months old she moved with her mother Caroline to Villajoyosa, a small"
"professional medium, Alison Hart, whose calm and jolly exterior conceals grotesque psychic damage. She trails around with her a troupe of ""fiends"", who are invisible but always on the verge of becoming flesh. The long novel ""Wolf Hall"", about Henry VIII's minister Thomas Cromwell, was published in 2009 to critical acclaim. The book won that year's Man Booker Prize and, upon winning the award, Mantel said, ""I can tell you at this moment I am happily flying through the air"". Judges voted three to two in favour of ""Wolf Hall"" for the prize. Mantel was presented with a trophy and"
"the same time. Kate Phillips (British actress) Kate Phillips is a British actress best known for her roles in ""Peaky Blinders"", ""Wolf Hall"" and the 2016 BBC adaptation of ""War & Peace"", as well as the 2018 series the Alienist. After three years study at Leeds University Philips secured a place at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. After graduation she returned to Leeds to appear as Abigail Williams in ""The Crucible"" at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. By this time she had already filmed her scenes for the BBC's adaptation of ""Wolf Hall"" in which she played"
"those already mentioned, prominent characters include: The title comes from the name of the Seymour family seat at Wolfhall or Wulfhall in Wiltshire; the title's allusion to the old Latin saying ""Homo homini lupus"" (""Man is wolf to man"") serves as a constant reminder of the dangerously opportunistic nature of the world through which Cromwell navigates. In January 2013, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) announced that it would stage adaptations by Mike Poulton of ""Wolf Hall"" and ""Bring Up the Bodies"" in its Winter season. The production transferred to London's Aldwych Theatre in May 2014, for a limited run until"
"was played by Kelly Hunter. She appeared opposite Helena Bonham Carter as Anne Boleyn, Ray Winstone as Henry VIII and Emily Blunt as Catherine Howard. In the film adaptation of Philippa Gregory's novel ""The Other Boleyn Girl"", Jane Boleyn (played by Juno Temple) was a minor character. In both these representations, Jane was shown as being a political tool in the hands of her husband's uncle, the Duke of Norfolk, although the presentation of her in ""The Other Boleyn Girl"" was more sympathetic. Jane is also represented on seasons two to four of the Showtime series ""The Tudors,"" by Joanne"