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Seven Historical TV Shows That Have Tourists Flocking to Britain – Aug 14, 2018
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by Emma Mason | BBC History Magazine | August 14, 2018
Here, we look at seven historical TV dramas that are attracting tourists from Britain and beyond.
#5 Wolf Hall
The six-part BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies was a huge hit both on and off-screen. Starring Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Damian Lewis as King Henry VIII, the 2015 drama sent fans flocking to filming locations including Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire, the real-life Wolf Hall; Chastleton House in Oxfordshire, which portrayed scenes from Cromwell's childhood in Putney; and Montacute House in Somerset, which was used as the setting for Greenwich Palace – Henry VIII's main London seat and the site of Anne Boleyn's arrest in Wolf Hall.
Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire, the real-life Wolf Hall. Photo by Claudio Beduschi/AGF/UIG
Around 40% of the shoots in Wolf Hall took place at sites owned by the National Trust, with the location fees providing much-needed income to help maintain the properties. The show's producer, Mark Pybus, said: "The advantages of filming in a historic location are massive. It also helps the actors, if they're stepping into the buildings that Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell walked around in it helps bring a realness to the project."
Read the rest of the original article at History Extra
Tags Anne Boleyn Bring Up the Bodies Chastleton House Damian Lewis Henry VIII Hilary Mantel King Henry VIII Mark Rylance Montacute House Thomas Cromwell Wolf Hall
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