I'm catching up atm.

If anyone is interested there is a rather good documentary available on i-player at the moment 'The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England' presented by Melvyn Bragg.  It focuses on William Tyndale who translated the bible into English and thereby incurred the wrath of many for doing so. 

Sounds like a good watch. One for me to watch when in bed 

Just watched it.

Mascinations!

Apparently the guy who adapted it for the screen was influenced by The Godfather films 

Oh, that's interesting, There's a famous story about a very similar situation in the making of "I Claudius". All the actors were having a hard time trying to work out how to play their characters, so they pulled in the scriptwriter, Jack Pullman. His response was ‘I know just what you’re going through … I couldn’t write it until I thought of the Mafia.’”

The early series of "The Sopranos" appeared to return the favour, with a lot of people noting that they played out like the in-fighting and family squabbles of the Roman Emperors...

Oooh thanks Eugene, I love little background details like that  Yes there were a lot of Roman references in the Sopranos, come to think! 

If I'd written Wolf Hall, I'd fight tooth and nail to do the script and to hell with anybody else.

Just read Mark that Gatiss [ playing Stephen Gardiner] is miffed people think he's wearing a false nose for the part  Aww bless 

 I kept trying to figure out if it was his real nose or a prosthetic one.

It doesn't look as big when he's in Sherlock.

 @Yogi 

Wolf Hall or the Melvyn Bragg documentary?

Interesting!

I read somwhere that Mark Rylance has said that he prepared for the role by watching Kenneth Williams playing Cromwell in "Carry on Henry"!

Wolf Hall - Some scenes are quite intense.

 lol brilliant!

He's definitely Glen Bulb's ancestor  

I used to have Glen Bulb as my Facebook picture 

I loved Nighty Night, great comedy.

Episode 3........ best one yet 

Thank Bog! We will look forward to it.

I just watched the second one this afternoon.... I'll hopefully get caught up now that BB's finished.    I was talking about it with my friend last night and we both agreed that Mark Rylance is fantastic.  I find him compelling to watch - such a deadpan expression most of the time, but he manages to convey so much with it!

You 2 are in for a treat then.  Rylance really comes into his own in this episode.

And that voice,... *sigh*

Oooh.. I'm going to try to make time for it tomorrow night then.  

The eyes have it, too, together with a lovely smile

Loved the way he told Harry Percy his fortune last week and Brereton (?), too "You made a mistake when you threatened me, Sir". 

Get in, Tom!

Am falling a bit in love with Mark Rylance. The series is superb...

*joins the other laydees in a mass swoon* 

I'll pass on all the swooning thanks. 

Yes..!    I did actually laugh out loud at that.

I do admit to having a problem trying to remember who's who at times (i.e. which actor is playing which character  );  that's my fault for watching The Tudors despite knowing that they played around dreadfully with the timeline etc.  I blame Henry Cavil for it. 

I'm really enjoying Wolf Hall though and have decided that a back-to-back session of repeats is a must once the series is over.

I'm up to date now (isn't it great how much proper telly you can watch when BB's not on?) ... loving it!

I caught up with last week's , and am enjoying it ....the only problem I have is getting over the fact that Paul Schofield isn't Thomas More .....and Keith Michel should be Henry  

Another thing I like about Wolf Hall is the stance that Hilary Mantell has adopted with Cromwell and More.  Thomas Cromwell was always seen as one of our history's great 'Boo, Hiss'  villains, whilst More was regarded as being without blemish.  She has reversed this (almost) and we are seeing a different side to them both.

I was never a big fan of More, not least because of the hatchet job he did on the character of Richard III.

Having said that, Anton Lesser has turned in a super performance as Thomas M

Anyone playing spot the Game of Thrones actors?

Mark Gatiss was in the Iron Bank scenes, the guy who plays Harry Percy was Dany's brother, one of the young feller me lads who follows Cromwell about has a biggish part in G.O.T. too.

Sure there's more 

Mrs Jer has been playing spot the G of T actors. The little stern looking gadjie was also the drummer fanatic in Love Actually.

Yep, I clocked him too.  I don't/haven't watched GofT though.

Not me. I've never seen Game of Thrones. 

Although I do hear it's full of nudity.

That's not it's USP though but.

(I'm still awaiting those clever with tax n VAT peepil from Amazon to deliver series 4 like)

More must have been a total pain in the backside.  So pious, and a snitch too!

Now, can I watch whilst Wolf Hall whilst making my mackerel sandwiches for work?