S2.E1

Wreckage

Episode aired Nov 10, 2024
59m

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After Anne Boleyn's death, the young queen's blood is sluiced from the scaffold and Thomas Cromwell picks his way across the wreckage to take up his position as principal councillor.After Anne Boleyn's death, the young queen's blood is sluiced from the scaffold and Thomas Cromwell picks his way across the wreckage to take up his position as principal councillor.After Anne Boleyn's death, the young queen's blood is sluiced from the scaffold and Thomas Cromwell picks his way across the wreckage to take up his position as principal councillor.

Director
- Peter Kosminsky
Writers
- Hilary Mantel
- Peter Straughan
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7.8/10

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Director
- Peter Kosminsky
Writers
- Hilary Mantel
- Peter Straughan
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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The following cast changes were made from the first series, for a variety of reasons. Bernard Hill as the Duke of Norfolk has been replaced by Timothy Spall; Tom Holland as Gregory Cromwell by Charlie Rowe; Mark Gatiss as Stephen Gardiner by Alex Jennings; Jessica Raine as Jane Rochford by Lydia Leonard; Mathieu Amalric as Eustache Chapuys by Karim Kadjar; Bryan Dick as Richard Riche by Tom Mothersdale.

Goofs
Henry VIII and Jane Seymour were not married on the same day as Anne Boleyn's execution. They had a betrothal ceremony formalising their engagement the day after the execution on 20th May 1536 but were not formally married until 30 May 1536.

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8/10

After 5 episodes of Series 2, I'm underwhelmed

I thoroughly enjoyed Wolf Hall Series 1, although Hilary Mantel's Cromwell is portrayed as benign as opposed to history's judgement that he was a sort of Machiavellian character.

It was against this background (I rated Series 1 as a 9 out of 10) that I was looking forward to Series 2. It's slow, plodding television and Rylance almost sends the viewer to sleep. Lewis has not been fattened out, whereas by the time Henry married Ann of Cleves, he was morbidly obese with both legs badly ulcerated. Lewis only displays a left leg limp.

Spall portrays an excellent Howard/Duke of Norfolk and we haven't really seen the scheming Richard Rich.

Cromwell was better portrayed by Leo McKern in A Man For All Seasons and although Mark Rylance is a superb actor, he is only portraying Mantel's vision of Thomas Cromwell.

I may revisit this review if Episode 6 excels.