Three Card Trick

Historical drama chronicling Thomas Cromwell's rise to power in the court of Henry VIII. Thomas Cromwell's patron, Cardinal Wolsey, is dismissed as lord chancellor and forced to flee his palace at York Place. The old noble families of England, jealous of their own right to advise the King, have long waited for this moment. His hopes of returning to the King's favour lie with the ever-loyal Thomas Cromwell. Still lacking a male heir, the King is desperate for an annulment from his marriage to Katherine of Aragon but the cardinal's efforts to persuade the Pope to grant the annulment are fruitless. As Henry grows impatient, the pressure increases on the cardinal. To add to this, rumours reach the cardinal that the King's new mistress is Anne Boleyn, who has sworn vengeance on him over Harry Percy. Cromwell visits Anne, but she is unmoved. A desperate Cromwell finally meets directly with Henry, but the King is nothing if not ambiguous. Will he recall the Cardinal, or turn on him?.