TWO former child actors have joined the cast of Wolf Hall's long-awaited return. After nine years away the hit show makes its comeback on BBC One this Sunday night. 2 Harry Potter's Harry Melling has joined the new series Credit: BBC 2 Thomas Brodie-Sangster plays Dudley Dursley in the period drama Credit: BBC The critically acclaimed show's next series - called Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light - is once again based on Dame Hilary Mantel 's best-selling books.
Actor Mark Rylance will reprise his role as the shrewd main character Thomas Cromwell as he navigates his way through the treacherous Tudor court. But also joining the cast for series two his Harry Potter's Harry Melling and Love Actually's Thomas Brodie-Sangster. Thomas, now 34, plays the role of Ralf Sadler, Cromwell's chief clerk, having been trained by him since he was seven.
read more on wolf hall national treasure Get to know BBC's Wolf Hall star Timothy Spall MAESTRA Who is Dame Harriet Walter and what character does she play in BBC's Wolf Hall? Ryan - who played Dudley Dursley in Harry Potter - will star as Thomas Wriothesley, the Earl of Southampton. At the end of the first series viewers watched as Anne Boelyn was executed, after Cromwell had backed her to be Queen. Despite scooping a Bafta and its raging popularity, the show hasn't been commissioned since 2015 .
Teasing what viewers can expect from the next instalment, Director Peter Kosminsky said: "The Mirror and the Light picks up exactly where Wolf Hal.
