Tag: Jonathan Pryce
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Review – Six Hours of Utter TV Magic
– More Man, Less Monolith – by Lucy Mangan | The Guardian | November 10, 2024 Five out of Five Stars The final instalment of Hilary Mantel’s masterpiece is the most intricate television you are ever likely to see. It is so beautifully made it’s breathtaking. It seems pleasingly apropos that it is almost impossible…
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Gossip is a Currency: The Precarious Lives of Tudor Women in Wolf Hall
– High Stakes Game of Survival – by Katie Rosseinsky | The Independent | November 10, 2024 Life as a woman in the court of Henry VIII was a high-stakes game of survival. As the final instalment of Hilary Mantel’s Tudor trilogy comes to BBC One, Katie Rosseinsky speaks to the performers who play some of the…
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Wolf Hall Season 2 Review: End of Tudor Saga Proves to be Well Worth the Wait
– Prestige TV and Machiavellian Masterpiece – by Jon O’Brien | Radio Times | November 10, 2024 Four out of Five Stars The first season of Wolf Hall, which debuted in 2015, appeared to foreshadow all the political upheaval that’s occurred in the subsequent nine years: a monumental fallout with Europe, the unstoppable rise to power of…
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How Hilary Mantel’s Genius Shaped Wolf Hall After Her Death
– Most Riveting and Richly Textured Drama – by Johanna Thomas-Corr | The Times | November 10, 2024 The director Peter Kosminsky reveals how his detailed email exchanges with the author were a goldmine when making the BBC drama The Mirror and the Light. When Hilary Mantel was writing The Mirror and the Light, the final…
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Damian Lewis to Appear on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
– Wolf Hall – Damian is scheduled to appear on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on November 10, 2024 between 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. on BBC 1 / iPlayer to discuss the premier of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. Be sure to tune in! If you miss the original broadcast, you can catch…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – The Titanic Tudor Drama is the Best TV You’ll See All Year
– Damian’s Henry is Outstanding – by Joel Golby | The Guardian | November 9, 2024 The cast are so incredible that even the bit parts feel like stars of the future. Peter Kosminsky’s rich, clever adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novels needs to be plunged into without distraction. It has been nine years since the…
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Interviews With the Cast and Creatives of Wolf Hall
– An Unforgettable Final Act – by Staff | BBC | November 9, 2024 Reuniting the creative team from the BAFTA and Golden Globe winning first series, The Mirror and the Light traces the final four years of Cromwell’s life. May, 1536. Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII’s second wife, is dead. As the axe drops,…
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Damian Lewis and Wolf Hall Composer Debbie Wiseman to be Sunday Feature on BBC Radio 3
– The Composer’s Story – Channel: BBC Radio 3Date: Sunday, November 24, 2024Time: 7:15 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Composer Debbie Wiseman created the score for the first BBC television series of Wolf Hall and she’s just completed work on the second part of the story, The Mirror and the Light. With this Sunday Feature, Radio…