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Wolf Hall

JWADDICK
JWADDICK Posts: 846
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On BBC2 last night. I thought it was superb and an example of how good the Beeb can be when they make the effort. Anybobody else see it? Views?
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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,512
    edited January 2015
    Yes, it was very good.

    A "they're all in it" cast too
  • Killarahales
    Killarahales Posts: 1,085
    Really enjoyed it, Cromwell's ironic humour, even with the King, excellent
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Not as good as I was expecting.

    Didn't realise that the zip fastener was that old.
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,327
    Loved the books. Don't get BBC in Spain :-(
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,458
    Right up my street this sort of stuff... along with The Voice and Strictly of course!

    ;0)
  • Blucher
    Blucher Posts: 4,187
    Very good. Mark Rylance is excellent as Cromwell.
  • msomerton
    msomerton Posts: 3,106
    was very good, up their with the BBC productions of the 70`s, like Elizabeth and 6 wives of Henry viii.
  • JWADDICK
    JWADDICK Posts: 846
    ken_shabby said:

    Loved the books. Don't get BBC in Spain :-(

    Not even on iplayer?
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,859
    Loved it. Have now downloaded the books too.
  • JWADDICK
    JWADDICK Posts: 846
    Henry Irving said:

    Yes, it was very good.

    A "they're all in it" cast too

    Absolutely, but Rylance is different gravy. He says more with one raised eyebrow than most actors can with half a page of script.

    Jonathan Price, Bernard Hill and Anton Lesser aren't bad either and Damien Lewis was born to play Henry VIII. Not to mention the Ladies; Clare Foy and my personal early, (though sadly not first) crush Joanne Whalley.


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  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,257
    Thought from the thread title this was a potential new American signing. Oh well.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    It was great. I wonder what happens in the end?
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Davo55 said:

    Loved it. Have now downloaded the books too.

    The books are great, once you get used to HM's use of "he".
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,235
    thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/wolf-hall-viewers-still-waiting-for-wolf-2015012294652
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,538
    I thought it was where Wolves play.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,458
    Was quietly confident from the promos and press that it would not get the Tudors treatment. Think we are in for a treat, lighting is great, very atmospheric.
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,269
    ......and it rhymes with "fuck all"!
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,287
    Didn't think it was that great tbh. A bit slow, but it was the first episode.
    I just kept thinking Mark Rylance (Cromwell) looked like Paul Whitehouse and was waiting for a funny face or gag.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,976
    don't get the comments about it being a bit slow, unless you were thinking it would be a medieval Midsomer Murders.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,458
    CE was probably after explosions and car crashes...

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  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,976
    soapy_jones said:

    CE was probably after explosions and car crashes...

    Fast and Furious 7 : Wolf Hall

  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,831
    Like several other people I know, I found the book very hard going and gave up reading it. Perhaps after watching the series it might be an easier read.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,287
    Covered End said:

    Didn't think it was that great tbh. A bit slow, but it was the first episode.
    I just kept thinking Mark Rylance (Cromwell) looked like Paul Whitehouse and was waiting for a funny face or gag.

    LargeAddick said:

    don't get the comments about it being a bit slow, unless you were thinking it would be a medieval Midsomer Murders.

    Well let's say the drama was nowhere near as good as on here :-)
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,500
    So far a decent adaptation of very complicated novels .. don't expect a lot of 'action', the story is pure politics and power
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,136
    edited January 2015
    Rylance is superb, proper stage trained actor.

    Lewis is totally miscast, a tele actor if ever there was one - no gravitas or threat.
    Watch Robert Shaw in A Man for All Seasons.

    Great first episode.



  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,209
    Redskin said:

    Rylance is superb, proper stage trained actor.

    Lewis is totally miscast, a tele actor if ever there was one - no gravitas or threat.
    Watch Robert Shaw in A Man for All Seasons.

    Great first episode.



    Good job it's a TV show then !

    Not sure how you could come to the conclusion that Lewis is miscast yet, he featured in about 1% of the episode last night.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,458
    Come on. If they were to cast it on contemporary accounts of H's appearance they would of been looking for a middle aged fat bastard and I would of answered the call, along with half of CL...
  • Sevensix
    Sevensix Posts: 156
    No better actor anywhere than Mark Rylance.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,976
    soapy_jones said:

    Come on. If they were to cast it on contemporary accounts of H's appearance they would of been looking for a middle aged fat bastard and I would of answered the call, along with half of CL...

    But he only got fat later in life after a riding accident.

  • Bryan_Kynsie
    Bryan_Kynsie Posts: 2,179
    Just my opinion but CJSampson's a Shardlake series are a great read if you are interested in fiction from that era set against a historically accurate backdrop. Proper page-turners. The first was Dissolution.

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