Tag: Jonathan Pryce
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It’s Going To Be Much Darker: Inside the Deadly Return of TV Masterpiece Wolf Hall
– Tyrannical King Demanding Total Fealty – by Xan Brooks | The Guardian | October 25, 2024 The Tudor epic about a tyrant king and his vengeful, backstabbing entourage is back for its final instalment – and it’s more brutal than ever. We go on set to talk to The Mirror and the Light team…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Update from Writer
– A Masterpiece Through and Through – by Lade Omotade | Collider | October 23, 2024 At long last, fans of the Emmy-nominated Wolf Hall can hold on to their hopes for a little while longer as the British series is bound to return soon. The last time U.S. viewers saw Wolf Hall was in May 2015, while a second installment…
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More Than 70 Leading UK Cultural Figures Decry Observer Sale as a Betrayal
– Open Letter – by Dominic Ponsford and Bron Maher | Press Gazette | October 3, 2024 Guardian and Observer journalists have agreed they may take industrial action in protest at plans to sell The Observer to Tortoise Media. The move comes as a group of prominent cultural figures, many of whom have contributed to The Observer, submitted an open letter…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light First Look Slideshow
Exclusive Photos by Staff | PBS.org | April 3, 2024 MASTERPIECE PBS and the BBC have revealed a first look at Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s multi award-winning trilogy, as filming comes to a close. The new pictures show Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, Damian…
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Masterpiece (PBS/BBC) Favorites of a More Recent Vintage – Jan 8, 2021
Two for Damian: Wolf Hall and The Forsyte Saga by Matthew Gilbert | Boston Globe | January 7, 2021 Here are some of my favorite Masterpiece shows, in no particular order. I have restricted the list to those that have aired in the past 25 years, which is why you won’t see the well-known classics,…
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In the Realm of TV Entertainment, Royal Dramas Reign – Feb 28, 2019
Fans of Royal TV by Matthew Gilbert | Boston Globe | February 28, 2019 I’m a sucker for the royal dramas. They marry history to warped family dynamics, and they’re generally quite pretty and transporting. They’re like “Succession,†HBO’s Murdoch family send-up, except with a majestic makeover, more servants, and at least one crown. There’s…
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Damian Reveals Why He Didn’t Fatten Up for Henry VIII – Jan 12, 2015
Homeland star Damian Lewis reveals why he didn’t fatten up for upcoming BBC Tudor drama by Nicola Agius – DailyMail – January 12, 2015 When the new BBC drama Wolf Hall starts in two weeks’ time, audiences may have a slight issue with the show’s leading man. Damian Lewis, who plays Henry VIII in…