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"'''Three Card Trick'''" is the first episode of the [[BBC Two]] 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 Two]] 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|work=[[Radio Times]]|date=21 January 2015}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
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==Cast==
==Cast==
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*[[Mark Rylance]] as [[Thomas Cromwell]]
*[[Mark Rylance]] as [[Thomas Cromwell]]
*[[Jonathan Pryce]] as [[Thomas Wolsey]]
*[[Jonathan Pryce]] as [[Thomas Wolsey]]
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*[[Harry Lloyd]] as [[Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland|Harry Percy]]
*[[Harry Lloyd]] as [[Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland|Harry Percy]]
*[[Charity Wakefield]] as [[Mary Boleyn]]
*[[Charity Wakefield]] as [[Mary Boleyn]]
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==Critical reception==
==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".<ref>{{cite news|title=Wolf Hall, first look review: 'masterful'
The premiere of ''Wolf Hall'' 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 period|Tudor England]] ruled by an absolute monarch."<ref>{{cite news|title=Wolf Hall, first look review: 'masterful'
|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11351671/Wolf-Hall-episode-one-first-look-review.html|accessdate=21 January 2015|publisher=The Daily Telegraphdate=21 January 2015}}</ref>
|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11351671/Wolf-Hall-episode-one-first-look-review.html|accessdate=21 January 2015|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=21 January 2015}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|tt3556920}}
* {{IMDb title|tt3556920}}
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gfy74 "Three Card Trick"] at the [[BBC]]


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Revision as of 21:51, 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 Two miniseries Wolf Hall. It was first broadcast on 21 January 2015.[1]

Plot

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 in 1528.

Cast

3

Critical reception

The premiere of Wolf Hall 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 Telegraph. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

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