

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light
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S1 E1 - Wreckage
March 23, 202552minWolf Hall returns with the thrilling final installment of Hilary Mantel’s magisterial trilogy, based on the life and death of Thomas Cromwell. The Mirror and the Light opens in the heartbeat after Anne Boleyn’s death, as the young queen’s blood is washed from the scaffold and Thomas Cromwell picks his way across the wreckage to take up his position as principal counselor to an unpredictable king.Free trial of PBS Masterpiece or buyS1 E2 - Obedience
March 30, 202552minThe Duke of Norfolk’s brother makes a move towards the throne, and a chance opens up for Cromwell to destroy an enemy and consolidate the new England he dreams of. But as the dissolution of the monasteries gathers speed, he makes a personal pilgrimage to Shaftesbury Abbey to speak with a young nun who profoundly shakes his view of himself and his place in the world.Free trial of PBS Masterpiece or buyS1 E3 - Defiance
April 6, 202552minAn uprising in the North threatens to destabilize the kingdom; the rebels demand Cromwell’s head and a return to the old Catholic ways. Cromwell understands that their greatest prize would be the support of the King’s daughter Mary. With the King beginning to contemplate his chief adviser’s failings, Cromwell withdraws from court and receives unexpected news from across the sea.Free trial of PBS Masterpiece or buyS1 E4 - Jenneke
April 12, 202552minThe birth of a prince gives England the heir that Henry longs for, but at a terrible price. As the court grieves the death of Queen Jane, it falls to Cromwell to get the King through the mourning period and out the other side a married man again. With European politics in disarray, Cromwell sees an opportunity to cement his religious reforms in an alliance with the Protestant princes of Germany.Free trial of PBS Masterpiece or buyS1 E5 - Mirror
April 19, 202552minCromwell’s marital diplomacy brings the Rhenish princess Anne of Cleves to Henry’s court. With France and the Emperor at peace, and threatening to invade, the marriage will cement an alliance between the powerful reforming princes of Europe and defend England from attack by the Holy Roman Emperor.Free trial of PBS Masterpiece or buyS1 E6 - Light
April 26, 202552minCromwell has been stripped of his titles and brought to the Tower of London on a charge of treason. He has no friends to speak for him, although there are plenty of enemies among his prosecutors. Across the table from him, as he engages in the fight of his life, are Norfolk, Gardiner, Wriothesley and Riche, driving Cromwell inexorably down the narrowing path that will lead to the block.Free trial of PBS Masterpiece or buy