Where was Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light filmed?

Name: Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
Genre: Drama
Cast: Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Claire Foy, Bernard Hill, Anton Lesser

2015 TV show, directed by Peter Kosminsky.

St Donat's Castle

The story is set in United Kingdom, about 230 miles (370 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in: United Kingdom
Filmed in: St Donat's Castle
Distance: About 230 miles (370 km) between United Kingdom and the nearest filming location.

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About Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light

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First aired: 2015
Director: Peter Kosminsky
Cast: Mark Rylance Damian Lewis Claire Foy Bernard Hill Anton Lesser Mark Gatiss Mathieu Amalric Joanne Whalley Jonathan Pryce David Robb
Genre: Drama
Based on: Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies
Awards: British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series; Golden Globe Award for Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film

The series centres on the character of Thomas Cromwell, a lawyer who has risen from humble beginnings.

The action in Series 1 opens at a point in Cromwell's career where his master, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, is about to fall from power because of his failure to secure a marriage annulment for King Henry VIII of England.

It proceeds through Cromwell's own rise to political power, and ends with the execution of Anne Boleyn.

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