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Series Cast Summary
Mark Rylance | ... |
Thomas Cromwell
(6 episodes, 2015)
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Damian Lewis | ... |
Henry VIII
(6 episodes, 2015)
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Claire Foy | ... |
Anne Boleyn
(6 episodes, 2015)
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster | ... |
Rafe Sadler
(6 episodes, 2015)
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Joss Porter | ... |
Richard Cromwell
(6 episodes, 2015)
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Bernard Hill | ... |
Duke of Norfolk
(6 episodes, 2015)
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Hannah Steele | ... |
Mary Shelton
(6 episodes, 2015)
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Jessica Raine | ... |
Jane Rochford
(6 episodes, 2015)
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Richard Dillane | ... |
Duke of Suffolk
(5 episodes, 2015)
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Saskia Reeves | ... |
Johane Williamson
(5 episodes, 2015)
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Luke Roberts | ... |
Harry Norris
(5 episodes, 2015)
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David Robb | ... |
Sir Thomas Boleyn
(5 episodes, 2015)
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Kate Phillips | ... |
Jane Seymour
(5 episodes, 2015)
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Edward Holcroft | ... |
George Boleyn
(5 episodes, 2015)
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Joel MacCormack | ... |
Thomas Wriothesley
(5 episodes, 2015)
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Will Keen | ... |
Thomas Cranmer
(5 episodes, 2015)
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Jacob Fortune-Lloyd | ... |
Francis Weston
(5 episodes, 2015)
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Tom Holland | ... |
Gregory Cromwell
(5 episodes, 2015)
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Mark Gatiss | ... |
Stephen Gardiner
(4 episodes, 2015)
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Anton Lesser | ... |
Thomas More
(4 episodes, 2015)
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Jonathan Pryce | ... |
Cardinal Wolsey
(4 episodes, 2015)
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Max Fowler | ... |
Mark Smeaton
(4 episodes, 2015)
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Ed Speleers | ... |
Edward Seymour
(4 episodes, 2015)
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Alastair Mackenzie | ... |
William Brereton
(4 episodes, 2015)
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Tim Plester | ... |
Wolsey in Devils Play
(4 episodes, 2015)
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Felix Scott | ... |
Francis Bryan
(4 episodes, 2015)
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Joanne Whalley | ... |
Katherine of Aragon
(3 episodes, 2015)
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Iain Batchelor | ... |
Thomas Seymour
(3 episodes, 2015)
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Mary Jo Randle | ... |
Mercy Pryor
(3 episodes, 2015)
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Charity Wakefield | ... |
Mary Boleyn
(3 episodes, 2015)
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Natasha Little | ... |
Liz Cromwell
(3 episodes, 2015)
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Harry Lloyd | ... |
Harry Percy
(3 episodes, 2015)
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Tim Steed | ... |
Lord Chancellor Audley
(3 episodes, 2015)
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Samuel Bottomley | ... |
Young Thomas Cromwell
(3 episodes, 2015)
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James Larkin | ... |
Master Treasurer Fitzwilliam
(3 episodes, 2015)
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Bryan Dick | ... |
Solicitor General Richard Riche
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(3 episodes, 2015)
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Robert Wilfort | ... |
George Cavendish
(2 episodes, 2015)
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Jonathan Aris | ... |
James Bainham
(2 episodes, 2015)
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Sarah Crowden | ... |
Lady Exeter
(2 episodes, 2015)
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Janet Henfrey | ... |
Lady Margaret Pole
(2 episodes, 2015)
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Enzo Cilenti | ... |
Antonio Bonvisi
(2 episodes, 2015)
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Mathieu Amalric | ... |
Eustace Chapuys
(2 episodes, 2015)
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Paul Ritter | ... |
Sir John Seymour
(2 episodes, 2015)
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Aimee-Ffion Edwards | ... |
Elizabeth Barton
(2 episodes, 2015)
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Athena Droutis | ... |
Grace Cromwell
(2 episodes, 2015)
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Monica Dolan | ... |
Alice More
(2 episodes, 2015)
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Christopher Fairbank | ... |
Walter Cromwell
(2 episodes, 2015)
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Emma Hiddleston | ... |
Meg More
(2 episodes, 2015)
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Lily Lesser | ... |
Princess Mary
(1 episode, 2015)
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Nigel Cooke | ... |
Sir Nicholas Carew
(1 episode, 2015)
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Production Companies
- Company Pictures
- Playground Entertainment
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (for)
- Masterpiece Theatre (for)
- Hindsight Media (in association with)
Distributors
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2015) (United Kingdom) (tv) (BBC2)
- ARTE (2016) (Germany) (tv)
- AXN Mystery (2016) (Japan) (tv)
- BBC First (2015) (Netherlands) (tv) (limited)
- BBC Worldwide (2015) (World-wide) (tv)
- Just Bridge Entertainment (2015) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Just Bridge Entertainment (2015) (Netherlands) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Masterpiece Theatre (2015) (United States) (tv) (as Masterpiece) (on PBS)
- NTR (2015) (Netherlands) (tv)
- OTE Cinema (2015) (Greece) (tv)
- Polyband (2016) (Germany) (DVD)
- Polyband (2016) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (2015) (United States) (tv) (Masterpiece)
- SF Film Finland (2015) (Finland) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2015) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Above the Line Set Assistance & Security (security)
- Block-Korenbrot Public Relations (publicist)
- Ernst Leitz Wetzlar (manufacturer: Leitz SUMMILUX-C lenses)
- Funn (hosiery supplier)
- LipSync Post (post-production facilities)
- Oh So Small Productions (agency: short, dwarf & tall actors)
- Procam Take 2 (camera equipment provided by)
- Sands Films (costumes)
- Silva Screen Records (soundtrack)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph? Written by mccutcj2 |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Mark Rylance has stated that the codpieces on the otherwise historically accurate costumes were made smaller at the request of PBS who felt that American audiences might be offended. See more » |
Goofs | Claire Foy who plays Anne Boleyn has blue eyes. In real life Anne Boleyn had dark eyes. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Episode #20.10 (2015). See more » |