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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?
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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?
Cast, crew and production details
Mark RylanceThomas Cromwell
Damian LewisHenry VIII
Claire FoyAnne Boleyn
Thomas Brodie-SangsterRafe Sadler
Joss PorterRichard Cromwell
Jonathan PryceCardinal Wolsey
Bernard HillDuke of Norfolk
Charlie RoweGregory Cromwell
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Episode 1
As Anne Boleyn’s blood is sluiced from the scaffold, Thomas Cromwell picks his way through the wreckage of her death to take his place as principal councillor to King Henry VIII.
Directed by Peter KosminskyWritten by Peter StraughanGuest stars Claire Foy, Jonathan Pryce, Kate Phillips, Richard Dillane, Lilit Lesser, Philippe Spall, Will Keen, Will Tudor
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Episode 2
As the dissolution of the monasteries gathers speed, Cromwell makes a personal pilgrimage to Shaftesbury Abbey to speak with a young nun, who profoundly shakes his view of himself.
Guest stars Jonathan Pryce, Kate Phillips, Anton Lesser, Benjamin Whitrow, Thomas Arnold, Lilit Lesser, Viola Prettejohn, Agnes O'Casey
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Episode 3
A rising in the north destabilises Henry's kingdom. Despite the risks to his own life, Cromwell moves to protect Lady Mary from becoming the rebels’ greatest prize.
Guest stars Claire Foy, Kate Phillips, Thomas Arnold, Richard Dillane, Lilit Lesser, Will Keen, Will Tudor, Timothy Spall
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Episode 4
The birth of a prince gives England the heir that Henry longs for, but at a terrible price. As the court grieves for Jane, it falls to Cromwell to find a fourth bride for the king.
Guest stars Claire Foy, Jonathan Pryce, Kate Phillips, Hannah Steele, Thomas Arnold, Richard Dillane, Lilit Lesser, Philippe Spall
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Episode 5
Cromwell’s marital diplomacy brings Princess Anne of Cleves to Henry’s court. Will the alliance create a Protestant superpower in northern Europe, or has Cromwell’s luck run out?
Guest stars Kate Phillips, Hannah Steele, Thomas Arnold, Richard Dillane, Paul Clayton, Lilit Lesser, Will Keen, Will Tudor
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Episode 6
Cromwell is stripped of his titles and brought to the Tower of London on a charge of treason. He has no friends to speak for him but plenty of enemies among his prosecutors.
Guest stars Claire Foy, Jonathan Pryce, Anton Lesser, Richard Dillane, Paul Clayton, Philippe Spall, Will Tudor, Timothy Spall
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