In the long-awaited sequel to “Wolf Hall,” Henry VIII’s royal fixer pays the price for success. (It’s his head.)

The widely awaited sequel to the hit BBC series Wolf Hall based on Hilary Mantel's last book in her Tudor trilogy, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light, premiered on March 23, 2025, in the US.

A 10-year hiatus is almost unheard of in television, even in today’s media landscape. Though, once upon a time, we went a mere summer without a new season of our favorite network shows, the streaming era has changed everything.