Today is the day….Wolf Hall starts

The highly anticipated miniseries based on the books of Hilary Mantel 

starts today in the UK  and soon after on PBS.

The reviews already saying it could be the best period drama ever made

and with Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis as leading actors it will be for sure a great event.

And I personally agree with Wolf Hall producer Colin Callender who said:

“I think it was a brilliant move on the part of Damian Lewis to go from Homeland into

a role that’s completely different “

I agree and it shows on more time the enormous range and variety Damian Lewis has

and we can’t wait to see a charismatic Henry VIII and Cromwell on our screens but I also

look forward to see the wonderful Claire Foy and Mark Gatiss and I am sure they will

be as great as ever.

The Times called the series: “Absorbing, Gripping and unmissable ”

The Telegraph says: “Wolf Hall shows Damian Lewis as a mercurial and charismatic Henry

Daily Mail wrote last week:

“When the King speaks, viewers with of a nervous disposition should take cover;

He is a bully and a megalomaniac …a terrifying combination.

This is not the fat caricature familiar from other productions but a convincing King

And when Lewis is on screen he commands our total attention!!”

“Damian Lewis is unlikely any other actors who played the King

He is athletic, the youthful Henry before his weight ballooned but also powerful

and with imposing personality. When he speaks he leans in to people and snarls quietly

….like a Wolf

We can’t wait and personally I am sure it will be another glorious piece in Lewis’s career

and six finest hours of television

Wolf Hall starts today 9 pm on BBC2 and on 5^th April on PBS