Cromwell finds himself being more and more relied on to run the King's affairs and manages to manoeuvre a Bill through Parliament acknowledging Henry, instead of the Pope, as head of the Church of England so that Henry can divorce Katherine.

Wolf Hall Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Three Card Trick
• s01e02 - Entirely Beloved
• s01e03 - Anna Regina
• s01e04 - The Devil's Spit
• s01e05 - Crows
• s01e06 - Masters of Phantoms

Wolf Hall Show Summary

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impass steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day cuddleous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?