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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is a masterclass in restraint

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This second series is based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s Tudor trilogy.

When it begins, it is May, 1536 : a grave month , blood all around.

The performances, too, are uniformly wonderful, great actors in bonnets and French hoods wheeled on quite happily.

A candle flickers in the ensuing quiet. Only his eyes tell us that this question has no decent answer..

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