But the books are so much better. I spent several weeks reading the Mark Smeaton saga and living though it; twenty minutes on the Readers Digest TV version. I remember Stephen Fry telling me over dinner that Rylance had got the Cromwell gig and I was so delighted; he totally lived up to my hopes and expectations. Marvellous TV but I'm anticipating Volume Three this year please Hilary (as I requested to her in person before the stage show).

The way they dealt with Boleyn's death was brilliantly done.