Wolf Hall - Again

[naomi24]

I finished the last of the series last night - and I didn't want it to end.  What an absolutely superb production.  We moan about the BBC but as seriously grown-up drama goes no one does it like them.   Their Pride & Prejudice with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle knocked spots off any other version.  They do it so very - very - well!  
 

Do you have any to add to the list?

[Barmaid]

I am still watching Wolf Hall.  It really is fantastic.

One for the list is Happy Valley.  That was gripping.

[Rosetta]

Brilliant production and acting that I hope will win lots  of awards. Another of my favourite costume drama is Cranford with Judi Dench and Eileen Atkins

[bookbinder]

I agree with Barmaid and Rosetta in their praise of Wolf Hall. I am not easily impressed, but I was certainly impressed by the sheer quality of Wolf Hall's acting, costumes, and sets. Good show, chaps!

[bookbinder]

Naomi24: you might find this information about Thomas Cromwell interesting:

https://thetudorenthusiast.weebly.com/blog/the-execution-of-thomas-cromwell

[jackthehat]

Bleak Hall. It almost persuaded me to try reading Dickens, again......almost. 😃

[ubasses]

We saw the trailer for Wolf Hall and realised that we had somehow missed the 1st series. So we are watching that, will follow up with the 2nd, it is excellent.

[naomi24]

Thanks bookbinder.  The discussion following that is interesting.  Varied opinions on how history regards him.

 

ubasses, I had to start with series 1.  I hadn't watched it at all.  I can hardly believe what I almost missed!

[Ken4155]

By a country mile, the best tv this year. If Wolf Fall does not garner a shed-load of awards, there's no justice.

Mark Rylance was almost mesmerising as Cromwell and, through both series, he was aided by stellar performances. 

I said in an earlier thread that i didn't want him to die (obvs i know he did) but that would be like watching Titanic and not expecting it to sink.

I will, in due course, watch both series 1 and 2 again.

[Maydup]

The writing and the stellar performances by the cast made Wolf Hall what it was.

It was produced by two production companies; no doubt in collaboration with the BBC, but they would have bid for it rather than created the series. 
 

[Maydup]

I wonder if the BBC would have backed the brilliant Mr Bates v the Post Office?

[barry1010]

The BBC reported the Post Office scandal three years ago, in a Panorama documentary 

[barry1010]

On a much lighter note we were all captivated by the BBCs Around the World in 80 Days three Christmas's ago.

[Peter Pedant]

The BBC reported the Post Office scandal three years ago, in a Panorama documentary 

and nothing happened - Even Batesy says it was the drama that illuminated their plight

Long Shadow - about the Leeds murders. Remember it IS a drama and I think all the main players are dead ( no libel). Confirmation bias plays a large part -and the paper based side is well done.

The hierarchy is well done - Prof Gee joins the pathological dots and tells the p'liceman to tell his superiors - clearly it is not Gees job 'to intervene'