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Five-disc set includes Wolf Hall (2015)This InchMasterpieceInch series adapted from the prize-winning Hilary Mantel novels takes a fresh look at the life and times of Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance), charting his rise within the 16th-century Tudor court. From the humblest of working-class origins, Cromwell finds himself at King Henry VIII's (Damian Lewis) ear-influencing the king's marriage to Anne Boleyn (Claire Foy) and fighting to preserve his power during the tumult of the Protestant Reformation. With Joanne Whalley, Anton Lesser. 6 episodes on 3 discs. 6 hrs. C/Rtg TV-14 Wolf Hall The Mirror And The Light (2024)After nine years, Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis reprise their roles as Thomas Cromwell and King Henry VIII for this InchMasterpieceInch miniseries concluding the Hilary Mantel historical novels. Here, the last six years of Cromwell's life are chronicled, as his bids for political survival after Anne Boleyn's execution would ultimately founder over his engineering of the King's disastrous union with Anne of Cleves (Dana Herfurth). Jonathan Pryce, Timothy Spall, Thomas Brodie-Sangster co-star. 6 episodes on 2 discs. 6 hrs. C/Rtg TV-14 Widescreen; Soundtrack English.
