The BBC and PBS have confirmed production will begin “soon” on an adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror and The Light.

The six-part series will star Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, with Damian Lewis returning as King Henry VIII.

Jonathan Pryce returns as Cardinal Wolsey, alongside Kate Phillips as Henry VIII’s third wife Jane Seymour and Lilit Lesser as Princess Mary, the daughter of Henry and his first wife Catherine of Aragon.

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light will trace the final four years of Cromwell’s life, completing his journey from 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 series will air on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK.