Damian Lewis fans line up for Wolf Hall tonight

[Travelledtheworld]

Wednesday 21st January BBC2 Channel 4

lush costumes.

www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/11358197/Damian-Lewiss-inspiration-for-Wolf-Halls-Henry-VIII-Wills-and-Harry.html

Thanks for the reminder! Will be recording it. It looks like it's going to be fantastic.

I've just rewatched 'The Forsythe

I'm stupidly excited about this. DL is an great choice for the role I think. I have it recorded!

Oops - 'The Forsyte Saga', he was a superb Soames. Am I the only one to feel slight disappointment that Mark Rylance is playing Cromwell? I'm not a fan - no doubt that's me banned from the Globe forever more - plus, I always envisage TC's physique as more bull-necked bruiser. I hope I will warm to him, as I've so been looking forward to this TV adaptation (bit of a Tudor obsessive since 'A' level History)

I can't watch him in anything since Homeland. To me, he is Brody. I don't want to entertain that he might not be being Brody all the time 24/7 as that would mean that Brody wasn't real

Soooo excited
Although more excited about Wolf Hallness than Damien Lewisness

Am very excited too - some of it was filmed on my street, so will be looking out for that!!

oooh SingSong you must live somewhere filmic-ly beautiful.

I went to see the theatre production and really enjoyed it.

Hopefully DH will understand a bit more this time and won't keep asking me who is who. (He never studied history and is a bit baffled by all things related to English history as he is not originally from this part of the world).

I'm still huffing about Rylance

he looks like Mantell's version of Thomas More iykwim

and I've only seen a glimpse of whoever it is who is Thomas More and he looks downright repulsive

oooh and I'm sure I saw Tom Hiddleston's sister is in it

I didn't even know he HAD an acty sister

It's Anton Lesser, Mud.

3little - get your DH a box set of 'The Tudors' to give him some truly historically accurate background.

DL is a superb actor and I am lookng forward to seeing this.
However I have gone off him a little since I heard him on Desert Island Discs and he actually used the phrase " My Lady Wife" . I just hope he was being ironic....

Travelled, This is why I never watch or listen to him on anything but Homeland. It ruins it, you see.

Travelled - In jest? He has got a sense of humour, after all, his children's names are Gulliver and Manon.

ohmymimi

Oh dear, not overlly impressed so far, didn't like the way they felt the need for Wolsey to recite the story of Henry and Katherine to Cromwell - it seems unlikely that he would have needed such a precise recap.

Facts dumbed down and a bit s-l-o-w. Would women generally be able to read ?

clunky

I'm bored of it already

iirc women not normally able to read

Thomas More's daughters on the other hand v v educated

I'd forgotten about this! Thank you. Will have to catch up later.

I'm enjoying it. I think the tone and the dry humour is v true to the book so far.