The BEST episodes written by Peter Straughan

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#1 - Master of Phantoms

Wolf Hall - Season 1 - Episode 6

After uncovering treasonable offences, Cromwell exacts the ultimate revenge.

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7.84

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#2 - Crows

Wolf Hall - Season 1 - Episode 5

The Act of Supremacy has declared Henry supreme head of the church in England. But the Holy Roman Emperor and his ambassador, Eustache Chapuys, have refused to recognise either his new title or his marriage to Anne Boleyn.

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7.84

387 votes

#3 - Entirely Beloved

Wolf Hall - Season 1 - Episode 2

Cardinal Wolsey has been forced out of court to travel north to his archdiocese in York. As Wolsey retreats north, he urges Cromwell to get close to Anne Boleyn. For Thomas Cromwell, this is only a tactical retreat; in time the cardinal will regain the King's favour.

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7.75

287 votes

#4 - The Devil's Spit

Wolf Hall - Season 1 - Episode 4

Anne gives birth to a baby girl, Elizabeth. Henry does little to hide his disappointment. Anne is aware that her power in court rests on producing a male heir and in her paranoia, cracks appear in her relationship with Cromwell.

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321 votes

#5 - Anna Regina

Wolf Hall - Season 1 - Episode 3

Although he has no official title, Cromwell is relied on more in the running of the king's affairs. Cromwell manoeuvres a bill through Parliament acknowledging Henry rather than the pope as head of the Church of England.

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7.48

543 votes

#6 - Three Card Trick

Wolf Hall - Season 1 - Episode 1

Thomas Cromwell's patron Cardinal Wolsey is dismissed as Lord Chancellor & forced to flee his palace. The old noble families of England, jealous of their own right to advise the king, have long waited for this moment. Lacking a male heir, the King is desperate to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon.

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