The ultimate chapter of the acclaimed Wolf Corridor sees Mark Rylance return to his position of Thomas Cromwell. 

The BBC have introduced the upcoming begin of manufacturing on a second sequence of its Tudor drama Wolf Corridor. Based mostly on the novels of the late Hilary Mantel, Wolf Corridor: The Mirror and the Gentle adapts the ultimate e book in her trilogy.

The sequence will hint the ultimate 4 years of Cromwell’s life, finishing his journey from self-made man to probably the most feared, influential determine of his time.

It additionally guarantees a return of its stellar solid; Mark Rylance is Thomas Cromwell, with Damian Lewis as King Henry VIII and Jonathan Pryce as Cardinal Wolsey.

Right here’s the place the story picks up:

Could, 1536. Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second spouse, is lifeless. Because the axe drops, Thomas Cromwell emerges from the massacre to proceed his climb to energy and wealth, whereas his formidable grasp, Henry, settles to short-lived happiness together with his third queen, Jane Seymour.

Cromwell, a person with solely his wits to depend on, has no nice household to again him, and no personal military. Navigating the ethical complexities that accompany the train of energy on this brutal and bloody time, Cromwell is caught between his want to do what is correct and his intuition to outlive. However within the wake of Henry VIII having executed his queen, nobody is secure.

Regardless of rise up at dwelling, traitors plotting overseas and the specter of invasion testing Henry’s regime to breaking level, Cromwell’s sturdy creativeness sees a brand new nation within the mirror of the long run. All of England lies at his ft, ripe for innovation and spiritual reform. However as fortune’s wheel turns, Cromwell’s enemies are gathering within the shadows.

The inevitable query stays: how lengthy can anybody survive underneath Henry’s merciless and capricious gaze?

Kate Phillips additionally reprises her Jane Seymour, with Lilit Lesser as Princess Mary, Henry’s daughter by Catherine of Aragon. Additional solid will likely be introduced in the end.

Wolf Corridor: The Mirror and the Gentle is a Playground and Firm Footage co-production for the BBC and Masterpiece.  The director is Peter Kosminsky, the adapter Peter Straughan and the producer Lisa Osborne. Govt Producers are Colin Callender and Noëlette Buckley for Playground, Peter Kosminsky, Lucy Richer for the BBC, and Susanne Simpson for Masterpiece.

The six-part sequence is being made for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. We’ll preserve you posted.

Within the meantime, the primary sequence is on the iPlayer.