Hilary Mantel's Booker prize-winning novel Wolf Hall tells the story of Henry VIII's righthand man Thomas Cromwell. Born the son of a lowly blacksmith, he climbs the ranks of Tudor society to become the King's trusted advisor – and BBC2 is dramatising...
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In the City of London, behind the Bank of England, there is a little street called Austin Friars. Sober and narrow, it offers glimpse of a city garden, something sweetly natural at the granite heart of the establishment. The garden belongs to Drapers’...
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Damian Lewis is stepping into the breeches of King Henry VIII in the upcoming BBC2 adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s award-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies – and has learned there's plenty to uncover about this memorable ruler. The tale charts...
Read moreDame Judi Dench appeared to sign up to BBC2’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III after actor Benedict Cumberbatch asked her on stage during this year’s Hay Festival, “Would you like to be in Richard III with me?” And with her casting officially announced...
Read moreThe BBC has commissioned Downton Abbey producers Carnival to make an eight-part drama based on Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon Stories books. Production will begin in the autumn on the series which is inspired by the eight novels from the collection of Anglo...
Read moreBBC2 are assembling one hell of a cast for their adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall... Joining Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell is Homeland star Damian Lewis, playing the fiery Tudor King Henry VIII who oversees the meteoric rise of the former blacksmith's...
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