‘Wolf Hall’ Season 2 Sets Premiere Date: See Trailer With Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis & More (VIDEO)

Masterpiece has revealed the trailer for Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, the second season of the PBS drama, in addition to announcing the official release date.

Wolf Hall Season 2 stars Mary Rylance, Damian Lewis, Kate Phillips, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Jonathan Pryce, Timothy Spall, Harriet Walter, and more. The second season of the PBS limited series is billed as Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, and it’s been nine years since Wolf Hall first debuted (the series premiered on April 5, 2015). Now, fans will finally get to see what happens next, and with much of the original cast.

Here’s everything there is to know about the second season.

When does Wolf Hall Season 2 premiere?

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light will come out on Sunday, March 23, 2025. It will air at 9/8c on PBS.

Is there a trailer for Wolf Hall Season 2?

Yes, and Rylance and Lewis are seen reprising their roles as Thomas Cromwell and King Henry VIII in the trailer, above.

“You have few friends, Cromwell,” Lewis’ Henry says in the beginning of the video. “They don’t know how to deal with you.” He’s facing familial turmoil as well. “My own daughter defies me,” Henry says of his daughter, Mary (played by Lilit Lesser).

“When negotiation and compromise fail, and your only course is to destroy your enemy,” Rylance’s Cromwell states. Later, he ominously threatens, “Before they wake in the morning, have the axe in your hand.”

Who is in the Wolf Hall Season 2 cast?

The photos from Season 2, seen in the gallery below, show Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, Lewis as King Henry VIII, Phillips as Jane Seymour, Lesser as Princess Mary, Pryce as Cardinal Wolsey, Walter as Lady Margaret Pole, Harry Melling as Thomas Wriothesley, Brodie-Sangster as Rafe Sadler, Spall as the Duke of Norfolk, Alex Jennings as Stephen Gardiner, and Charlie Rowe as Gregory Cromwell.

The Crown‘s Claire Foy played the ill-fated Anne Boleyn in Season 1, with Tom Holland as Gregory Cromwell. Rowe replaces Holland in the role in Season 2. Lesser’s father, Anton Lesser, played Thomas More in Season 1.

What is Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light about?

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s multi-award-winning trilogy. The season traces the final four years of Cromwell’s life, completing his journey from a self-made man to the most feared, influential figure of his time. Cromwell is as complex as he is unforgettable: a politician and a fixer, a diplomat and a father, a man who both defied and defined his age.

The logline for Season 2 gives a captivating look at the intrigue to come: “May, 1536. Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, is dead. As the axe drops, Thomas Cromwell emerges from the bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour. Cromwell, a man with only his wits to rely on, has no great family to back him, and no private army. Navigating the moral complexities that accompany the exercise of power in this brutal and bloody time, Cromwell is caught between his desire to do what is right and his instinct to survive. But in the wake of Henry VIII having executed his queen, no one is safe.”

“Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry’s regime to breaking point, Cromwell’s robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future,” the description continues. “All of England lies at his feet, ripe for innovation and religious reform. But as fortune’s wheel turns, Cromwell’s enemies are gathering in the shadows. The inevitable question remains: how long can anyone survive under Henry’s cruel and capricious gaze?”

See photos from the upcoming season in the gallery below.

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, Season 2 Premiere, Sunday, March 23, 9/8c, PBS