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How did Wolf Hall escape the attentions of the BBC’s diversity commissars?

Unlike with most historical dramas on the BBC, there were no moments in this where I wanted to throw rocks at the screen

Jewel in the crown: Timothy Spall as the Duke of Norfolk and Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in the new series of BBC1’s Wolf Hall. Credit: BBC/Playground Entertainment/Nick Briggs
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