Wolf Hall

Yes; she has grown on me. Is the interview on iplayer; I'd like to see it.

Is it Clare Foye who played Anne Bolyn? She has been superb throughout.

I watched it too Tegan I really enjoyed it. I agree the excection scene was chilling and the part where the executioner moves her attention to the other side in order for her to turn her head really got to me. I felt physically sick or was that the couple of glasses of red I had during the program

Did anyone see the excellent Kirsty Wark interview with Mark (swoon) Rylance and Peter Kosminsky (The Director) that followed on BB4 ?

Can you imagine how many heads would have been lost if they'd known in those days that the male sperm determines the sex of the child??

Hands up who wants to tell 'Enery?

I thought they were tortured to confess ? I also thought that Anne was told she could live if she agreed that Elizabeth would have no claim to the throne [but that was in another film], but she refused. Either way, she produced the most amazing monarch this country has ever had. If only she'd known .

I watched it, Tegan and agree that the framing of the other courtiers was rushed.

No matter how many times I see poor Anne Boleyn lose her head I still find it bleak and sad.

Thomas Cromwell messes up over Henry's marriage to Anne of Cleves and then it's his turn for the chop.

I've stopped fancying him now

Did we all watch it last night [?]. Can't say I enjoyed it as much as the other episodes. Couldn't really understand how they pinned the evidence on all those men. The execution scene was done so discreetly, and yet was one of the most chilling things I've ever seen; Clare Foye [sp] was superb. How long after that was it that Cromwell himself suffered the same fate?

Can't we just share gilly and jane - seems only fair!

I think you would have to fight janeainsworth and me for him Gagagran !

tegan you've hit the nail on the head. Damian Lewis looms large in the role.

I think the casting in Wolf Hall is spot on, and this week's episode must have had even it's detractors by the throat. I am pleased to see David Robb in this, even if his Wolf Hall character - Thomas Boleyn - is not one you warm to. He's a very versatile actor and I have liked him ever since he appeared in I Claudius. And of course we also see him in Downton. Can't wait for next week except that it will, sadly, be the last.

For once I don't have any criticism about this wonderful production.

The acting is second to none.

Even DH can't fault it.

Just seen on another thread one Gransnetter say she had deleted Wolf Hall

Too lightweight physically was my concern but he actually 'acts' like a large man doesn't he?

I had worried that Damien Lewis might be too light weight for Henry, but his attack on Cromwell this week was properly frightening. Everyone just seems to be getting better and better.

Sadly Cromwell's story will finish too soon for us to see Lady Rochford get her comeuppance.

Some of each I thought, Tegan. His job is to get the king what he wants (an heir) and to replace Anne if that is the way to do it. Anne is not exactly endearing herself to him so he has no loyalty to her. Henry already has his eye on Jane Seymour, so she is the most likely replacement, and a sensible girl who won't act up like Anne. Meanwhile, he has shown every sign of being attracted to Jane himself, so he is not happy about setting her up with Henry.

That's how I see it, anyway, but I have not read the book so there may be another interpretation.

Did he take the Royal Party to Wolf Hall because he wanted the King to fall for Jane Seymour, or was he in love with her? I'm assuming the latter.

I think I have a bit of a crush on Mark Rylance! (Just wish he was a bit taller). I love his eyes - they express so much. Superb acting from everyone. This is the best thing I have seen on TV in years.

Another great episode.��

In the book it is spelt as she says it Crem-uel. remember she has been living in France

I am totally involved with the main character, so much so, that I felt sorry for him when Henry shouted in his face, and demeaned him as "the blacksmith's son" ... "from Putney". And then he handled that with dignity. And when Henry asked him to walk with him, I thought "Oh, he is sorry and this is his way of saying so". Only to discover it is all set up now for Cromwell to be a victim of the capriciousness of the King.

I love the way that Anne Boleyn says 'Cromwell'...

I think everything is wonderful about Wolf Hall. As in the books I feel personally connected to the characters. The language makes them accessible and the lighting makes one realise what it was truly like to live with only candles.
The whole thing for me turns on Mark Rylance . it is rare to see such magnetic stillness in actor who at the same time conveys all we need to know by some twitch of the cheek or some set in the eyes. mesmerising. I am fascinated by the way he in particular takes off his hat from the back to avoid soiling the velvet front I presume. But there is a variety emotions expressed each time. Only one more to go. O dear. Get writing please Mrs Mantel though I know it will end in disaster but I shall suffer withdrawal until then.

Yes; I can watch it a couple of times just for the acting and the sheer beauty of it. However, I haven't read the books and think that I would struggle with the writing style from what I've heard. Just about to watch tonights episode.

I've been recording each episode and watching it twice roses it lessens the withdrawal symptoms a bit!