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"'''Three Card Trick'''" is the first episode of the miniseries ''[[Wolf Hall (miniseries)|Wolf Hall]]''. It was first broadcast on 21 January 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wolf Hall TV Review|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/ddxsy5/wolf-hall--series-1---1-three-card-trick|accessdate=21 January 2015|publisher=Radio Times|date=21 January 2015}}</ref>
"'''Three Card Trick'''" is the first episode of the [[BBC 2]] miniseries ''[[Wolf Hall (miniseries)|Wolf Hall]]''. It was first broadcast on 21 January 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wolf Hall TV Review|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/ddxsy5/wolf-hall--series-1---1-three-card-trick|accessdate=21 January 2015|publisher=Radio Times|date=21 January 2015}}</ref>

==Plot summary==

In 1529, King [[Henry VIII]] dismisses Lord Chancellor [[Thomas Wolsey|Cardinal Thomas Wolsey]] for his failure to have the Pope annul Henry's marriage to his wife, [[Catherine of Aragon]], in order to marry [[Anne Boleyn]]. Wolsey's lawyer, [[Thomas Cromwell]], reminisces over his time with the Cardinal, his dealings with the Boleyn family and his own personal life, including the death of his wife and two daughters from the [[sweating sickness]].


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==

Revision as of 20:25, 21 September 2015

"Three Card Trick"
Wolf Hall episode
Episode no.Episode 1
Written byPeter Straughan
Story byHilary Mantel
Original air date21 January 2015 (2015-01-21)
Running time60 minutes
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"Three Card Trick" is the first episode of the BBC 2 miniseries Wolf Hall. It was first broadcast on 21 January 2015.[1]

Plot summary

In 1529, King Henry VIII dismisses Lord Chancellor Cardinal Thomas Wolsey for his failure to have the Pope annul Henry's marriage to his wife, Catherine of Aragon, in order to marry Anne Boleyn. Wolsey's lawyer, Thomas Cromwell, reminisces over his time with the Cardinal, his dealings with the Boleyn family and his own personal life, including the death of his wife and two daughters from the sweating sickness.

Critical reception

The episode received positive reviews. The Daily Telegraph gave the episode 5/5, saying "it fully communicates the nerve-jangling sense of bodily threat with which Mantel’s novels are freighted — life is cheap in a disease-ridden Tudor England ruled by an absolute monarch".[2]

References

  1. ^ "Wolf Hall TV Review". Radio Times. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Wolf Hall, first look review: 'masterful'". The Daily Telegraphdate=21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.


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