Survival – both Mary’s and his own – preoccupies Thomas Cromwell in this first episode. As Henry VII’s leading adviser, he ...

Henry VIII: Britain’s most famous king. Big, bold and brash, he is the epitome of 'Merrie England'. Ruling between 1509 and 1547, his marriages to a succession of six women became something of a ...

It’s almost a decade since Wolf Hall aired on the BBC. Back then, the wonderful actor Bernard Hill, who played the ...

The Mirror and the Light explores the dynamic between the two historical figures.

as the succession was seen as a royal prerogative. Producing an heir was arguably an early modern monarch’s most pressing duty. Forty years prior, Elizabeth’s father, Henry VIII, had sought a ...

Henry VIII is arguably the most famous King of England. However, in the final years of his life, he was largely unrecognisable from the strong and ruthless ruler of renown. During the last ...

Henry Frederick ... of Henry VIII). He was born in Stirling Castle in 1594 and, as the first child of James and his Danish wife Anne, Henry was celebrated as guaranteeing the succession of the ...

The Laws of Henry VIII Act of Succession 1534 Outcomes The children of Henry’s new wife, Anne Boleyn, were given precedence in the succession over his daughter Mary. A Treason Act in the same ...

Damian Lewis will reprise his role as King Henry VIII for the final season of Wolf Hall. The Homeland star has previously said he empathises with the Tudor monarch, who he said only became obese, ...

UK viewers can watch Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light when it debuts on Sunday, November 10 on BBC One, with episodes ...

Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars as King Henry VIII in this story ... s the fact that she helped to bring change to the line of succession. She encourage Henry to put his daughters back into the ...

Lilit Lesser will return to Wolf Hall as Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon’s ... Mary was declared illegitimate and barred from the line of succession. Lesser has also appeared in the TV ...