About the Show

Wolf Hall, the 2016 Peabody Award and Golden Globe winner, and its eagerly awaited TV sequel coming in 2025, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, tell the spellbinding story of royal “fixer” Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) during the brutally capricious reign of Henry VIII (Damian Lewis). The first installment focuses on Cromwell’s rise to power in the king’s court and his role in the downfall of Henry’s second wife, Anne Boleyn (Claire Foy). The new TV sequel picks up after Boleyn’s beheading and follows the last four years of Crowell’s life, completing his journey from self-made man to the most feared and influential figure of his time. Both series are based on Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning trio of novels.

Cast returning for the follow up installment airing in spring 2025 include Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis, but also Jonathan Pryce (Slow Horses, The Two Popes) as Cardinal Wolsey, and Kate Phillips (Miss Scarlet and The Duke, Peaky Blinders) as Henry’s third wife Jane Seymour.

MASTERPIECE is rebroadcasting 2015’s Wolf Hall on Sunday nights from October 27 to November 24, 2024 at 10/9c. You may stream Wolf Hall at any time when you watch with PBS Passport.

The brand-new Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light premieres Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 9/8c.

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