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It is the second and final part of the adaptation of the Wolf Hall novels by Hilary Mantel, covering The Mirror & the Light, the final novel in the trilogy. It is directed by Peter Kosminsky, Mark Rylance stars in the lead role of Thomas Cromwell, and Peter Straughan wrote, all returning from the 2015 series and first part Wolf Hall.
Here’s a breakdown of the new and returning cast of Wolf Hall:The Mirror and the Light… Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell Mark Rylance in ‘Wolf Hall’ (BBC/Company Productions Ltd/Ed Miller)
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, based on the final novel in the late Hilary Mantel’s award-winning trilogy, will begin filming shortly, MASTERPIECE PBS and the BBC announced on Monday morning.
On 23 August 2012, BBC Two announced several new commissions, one of which was Wolf Hall. [13] According to The Guardian £7 million was to be spent on the adaptation. [14] BBC Two controller Janice Hadlow said it was "very fortunate to have the rights" to the two novels and called Wolf Hall "a great contemporary novel". [15] [16]
“The BBC has in my view, been in decline for years. But every now and then, it bangs out a masterpiece. Wolf Hall. A long overdue 2nd season. Superb.
The premiere of Wolf Hall received positive reviews. The Daily Telegraph gave the episode 5/5, saying "it fully communicates the nerve-jangling sense of bodily threat with which Mantel’s novels are freighted — life is cheap in a disease-ridden Tudor England ruled by an absolute monarch." [2]
A few more returns and more than two dozen (!) new bits of casting have been announced for the second/final season of Wolf Hall. MASTERPIECE PBS and the BBC previously announced that the six ...
"Entirely Beloved" received positive reviews. The Daily Telegraph again gave the episode 5/5; Reviewer Jasper Reeves also praised Straughan's dialogue and Peter Kosminsky's directing, writing, "It's like watching a chess grandmaster go around a room playing 20 challengers at once.