Shardlake - anyone watched

I watched this last year, and it was brilliant. Is this another series?
The actor who played Shardlake was wonderful.

charely68 If you watched this last year, it must have been when it was screened on Disney. Sadly, they then decided not to make any further series. This is the same series now being shown on ITV.

I very much enjoy the Shardlake books which is why I could never watch a tv/film version of these gritty stories. I'm scared a screenplay would deviate too much and ruin the essence of these tales.

I've never watched the dramatisation of Wolf Hall for the same reason.

Am fairly sure I remember reading in one of the books, maybe a later one like Tombland, that Shardlake thinks to himself that physically he’s too old for this kind of thing ( caught up in the rebellion) now that he was 47.
Haven’t seen the televised version, but love the books.

It was not how l imagined Matthew Shardlake. It was not better or worse just different and l thought well acted. Saw a different side to Sean Bean and he did ok but he will always be Sharp. For some reason l thought Mark Rylance was in it so l had to get over that first. Overall l enjoyed it very much

oreo Yes, I think that is a reference from Tombland, and is several years after this first book of Dissolution. So, in this Shardlake would be around late thirties/turning forty.

Bit odd to hear Alice quoting Tennyson last night! "Better to have loved and lost"......

Yes, I picked that up. Bad script writing. Not new though, often get period dramas quoting things that have not yet been written in their time.

Watched the second episode and yes the character of Shardlake is growing on me. He is showing a softer side of himself.

windmill Wolf Hall is a stunning piece of television. Do give it a try if you can. I didn't think it deviated too much from the books.

Watched it previously when it was streamed. Have read all the books and it wasn’t exactly the same but it was well cast and I really enjoyed it

Apologies for reviving this thread but we have just got round to watching this. As long term fans of the books we looked forward with some expectation.
What a disappointment. The plot has been reduced to a very basic one and as a consequence the series lacked coherence. It was truly dreadful. One exception being the performance of Arthur Hughes.

One good thing about it was that they used a similarly abled actor in the part.
Another wonderful thing was the settings. Makes me want to visit Romania, and see all those amazing buildings.

The buildings were lovely Maremia but so obviously not English. I think this was probably down to Disney presuming that one medieval building was pretty much like another. After all Americans think a 200 year old building is ancient. Obviously the whole thing was too short. It needed six, or even eight episodes to get the full story. We didn't see anything of the relationship that develops between Matthew and Guy,which an important part of later stories. Arthur Hughes was very good. I'd love to see him in the other books.