Intrigue, showmanship and high stakes negotiation are central to the plot of Wolf Hall – and also to the annual television sales event that launches in Liverpool next weekend. With millions of pounds at their disposal, representatives of the world’s broadcast...
Read moreColin Callender, the executive producer of BBC1 drama Wolf Hall, has said that the BBC’s funding must be increased if the institution is to survive. Speaking to RadioTimes.com on the eve of the premiere of his long-awaited Tudor drama Wolf Hall starring...
Read moreHilary Mantel jokes that writer’s block is the last thing that afflicts her. “I’m only afflicted by so many ideas,” the award-laden British author told The Daily Beast. “I don’t know what to do first.” Every day, Mantel comes armed with two notebooks...
Read moreIt is interesting that on the eve of the publication of the seismic DCMS select committee report on the future of the BBC, the Corporation’s director general Lord Hall was hosting a screening of the brilliant drama Wolf Hall. Perhaps it was no accident...
Read moreEt soudain, John Cleese apparaît sur scène... Le père des mythiques « Monty Python » vient jouer l’amuseur en chef sur l’estrade de l’immense salle de concert du centre des congrès de Liverpool, pour la gigantesque soirée d’ouverture du BBC Showcase....
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As the executive producer of BBC2’s critically-acclaimed Tudor epic Wolf Hall, Colin Callender is well placed to crow about the strength of television drama. The six-part series starring Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis has attracted rave reviews for its...
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What is it? Remember that Hilary Mantel lady? Y'know, the one with the lispy voice and all those book prizes who likes to air her opinions on the royal family? Well, the BBC have decided to turn her two Tudor novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies into...
Read moreHilary 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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