Category: Review
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Final Episode Review – One of British TV’s Towering Achievements
– Damian Lewis Has Been a Superlative Henry VIII – by Chris Bennion | The Telegraph | December 15, 2024 Five out of Five Stars A recurring motif of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (BBC One) has been the echoes of the past. Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) throughout this second series, based on the third of Hilary Mantel’s…
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The Ending of Wolf Hall Explained and What Happened to Cromwell’s Son
– The Fate of Henry’s Court – by Ben Dowell | The Times | December 15, 2024 The curtain — or rather the axe — came down on Mark Rylance’s Thomas Cromwell on BBC1 on Sunday night, in one of the most moving scenes seen on the small screen. As he laid his head on the…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Finale Review — Cromwell’s Final Hour Was Spellbinding TV
– Two Towering Performances: Lewis and Rylance – by Ben Dowell | The Times | December 15, 2024 Five out of Five Stars Anyone who found themselves absorbed by Hilary Mantel’s peerless Thomas Cromwell novels or the BBC’s sublime adaptation, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (BBC1), will have been dreading Sunday night’s inevitable final…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Episode 6 Review – Light
– Supreme Historical Drama Ended with Elegance and Wit – by Lousia Mellor | Den of Geek | December 15, 2024 Cromwell kept his composure and shrewdness until the last. Moments from his death, this master of government mastered himself to deliver a final speech the real meaning of which was a secret shared between…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Episode 5 Review – Mirror
– So Many Maneuvers and Whispers – by Lousia Mellor | Den of Geek | December 8, 2024 What was Henry trying to tell Cromwell by recalling that business with the untaken trip to the Weald? That he’d been searching his memory, and perhaps concluded that the bond he thought they’d shared – like that…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Episode 4 Review – Jenneke
– Conscience Over Safety – by Lousia Mellor | Den of Geek | December 1, 2024 When Cromwell said that Dorothea’s accusation of faithlessness had undone him, he wasn’t wrong. Without her words ringing in his ears and haunting his nightmares, he might have made more pragmatic choices this episode, and prioritised his safety over his conscience.…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Episode 3 Review – Defiance
– Henry’s Love is a Dangerous Thing – by Lousia Mellor | Den of Geek | November 24, 2024 Henry’s love is a dangerous thing. The protection it brings is equalled only by the threat that comes with its removal. Wolsey learned that. So did Anne Boleyn. Jane Seymour was beginning to learn it before pregnancy…
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Review: BBC’s Wolf Hall, Filmed in Wells, Somerset
– A Royal Performance of Confined Aggression – by Harry Mockridge | Somerset County Gazette | November 22, 2024 Four and Half Stars out of Five A NEW series has been released on BBC – but is it any good? Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is now available to watch on BBC iPlayer and gives viewers…