Wolf Hall | |
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Genre | Historical drama |
Based on | Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel |
Written by | Peter Straughan |
Directed by | Peter Kosminsky |
Starring | |
Composers | Original music by Debbie Wiseman Tudor music by Claire van Kampen |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Colin Callender |
Producer | Mark Pybus |
Cinematography | Gavin Finney |
Running time | 60–65 minutes |
Production company | Company Pictures |
Original release | |
Network | |
Release | 21 January 25 February 2015 | –
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Wolf Hall is a British television serial first broadcast on BBC Two in January 2015. The six-part series is an adaptation of two of Hilary Mantel's novels, Wolf Hall[1] and Bring Up the Bodies,[2] a fictionalised biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII through to the death of Sir Thomas More, followed by Cromwell's success in freeing the king of his marriage to Anne Boleyn. Wolf Hall was first broadcast in April 2015 in the United States on PBS and in Australia on BBC First. It was reported in 2022 that a second series, covering the final novel in the trilogy, was in pre-production, with Mark Rylance, director Peter Kosminsky, and writer Peter Straughan returning.[3][4]
The series was a critical success and received eight nominations at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards and three nominations at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards, winning for Best Miniseries or Television Film.