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🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Four of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light.

Actor Damian Lewis is well-known to MASTERPIECE viewers for his iconic roles in The Forsyte Saga and Wolf Hall. He joins the podcast to discuss the sequel, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, and reflects on playing one of the most notorious kings in English history. In Episode 4, King Henry VIII’s health is deteriorating, and there’s threat of invasion from France and Spain, but Henry also gets what he has wanted most of all, a male heir.

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0:18.4	i'm j sleigh cobb and you're listening to Masterpiece Studio.
0:22.9	We now arrive at episode four of Wolf Hall, the Mirror in the Light.
0:27.3	For King Henry VIII, to say life has been stressful as of late would be an understatement.
0:32.5	He is yet to secure a male heir to the throne.
0:35.1	His physical health is questionable, and England is under threat
0:38.7	as France and Spain have formed an alliance. Henry and the rest of the kingdom live in constant
0:44.3	fear of a potential invasion. But by the start of episode four, we find the vain king in rather good
0:50.9	spirits as he admires his newly finished portrait, which exudes strength
0:55.3	and bounty.
0:56.8	Mr. Franz could see this, or the Emperor and the King of Scott.
1:03.0	There can be copies, Majesty.
1:06.2	More good news comes to the kingdom as Henry's wife, Queen Jane, gives birth to a healthy air.
1:12.3	My lord, a son!
1:18.2	But the celebrations are brief.
1:21.1	Just as Henry gains a son, he loses his wife.
1:24.6	Jane's death leaves the king deeply bereft.
1:27.8	The Duke of Norfolk wants an audience.
1:31.3	He threatens to talk to you like a father.
1:34.2	Does he?
1:35.6	I shall try to be a credit to him.
1:39.1	He says it is your duty
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