Tag: BBC
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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 Recap – Episode 5 Mirror
– Everything That Could Go Wrong, Does – by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | December 9, 2024 “Have you not read it in The Book Called Henry which I wrote for you? Never say what the King will not do.” – Thomas Cromwell In the penultimate episode of Wolf Hall: The Mirror…
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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 Recap – Episode 4 Jenneke
– It’s Finally a Boy for Henry – by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | December 2, 2024 “What good is my rule if I can’t save John? If he [Henry] can burn John Lambert, he can burn any of us. Any of us. I should have spoken.” – Thomas Cromwell This episode…
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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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How Wolf Hall’s Costume Designer Dressed King Henry’s Court
– From Deadly Doublets to Tudor Fetish Gear – by Ben Jureidini | Tatler | November 27, 2024 In the world of Wolf Hall, what you wear is a matter of life and death. Take the opening scene of The Mirror and the Light, the BBC’s highly anticipated adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s final novel. Claire Foy’s Anne…