TY - ADVS AU - Kosminsky,Peter AU - Straughan,Peter AU - Pybus,Mark AU - Rylance,Mark AU - Lewis,Damian AU - Foy,Claire AU - Hill,Bernard AU - Lesser,Anton AU - Gatiss,Mark AU - Amalric,Mathieu AU - Whalley,Joanne AU - Pryce,Jonathan AU - Mantel,Hilary AU - Mantel,Hilary ED - Playground Entertainment (Firm), ED - Company Pictures (Firm), ED - British Broadcasting Corporation, ED - BBC Worldwide Ltd., ED - Altus Media, ED - Prescience Media 1 LLP, ED - BBC Two (Television station : London, England), ED - Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), ED - PBS Distribution (Firm), TI - Wolf Hall SN - 9781627891172 PY - 2015///] CY - [Alexandria, VA] PB - Distributed by PBS Distribution KW - Cromwell, Thomas, KW - Henry KW - Anne Boleyn, KW - Mantel, Hilary, KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Henry VIII, 1509-1547 KW - Drama KW - Television mini-series KW - lcgft KW - Historical television programs KW - Fiction television programs KW - Television adaptations KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Originally broadcast on television in Great Britain on BBC Two in 2015. Originally broadcast on television in the United States on PBS as part of the television program Masterpiece Theater in 2015; Adapted from the novel "Wolf Hall" and its sequel "Bring up the bodies," both by Hilary Mantel; Disc 1. Three card trick -- Entirely beloved ; Disc 2. Anna Regina -- The devil's spit ; Disc 3. Crows -- Master of Phantoms -- Bonus features: Behind the scenes of Wolf Hall featurettes: The people & the politics -- Bringing it to the screen -- Wolf Hall: History and design ; Cast & Crew interviews; Based on Wolf Hall and its sequel, Bring up the bodies by Hilary Mantel ; producer, Mark Pybus ; adapted for television by Peter Straughan ; directed by Peter Kosminsky; Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Claire Foy, Bernard Hill, Anton Lesser, Mark Gatiss, Mathieu Amalric, Joanne Whalley, Jonathan Pryce N2 - Thomas Cromwell is a brutal blacksmith's son who rises from the ashes of personal disaster and deftly picks his way through a court where 'man is wolf to man.' King Henry VIII is obsessed with protecting the Tudor dynasty by securing his succession with a male heir to the throne. Told from Cromwell's perspective, "Wolf Hall" follows the complex machinations and back room dealings of this pragmatic and accomplished power broker who must serve king and country while dealing with deadly political intrigue, Henry VIII's tempestuous relationship with Anne Boleyn, and the religious upheavals of the Protestant reformation ER -