The top BBC period dramas to binge as Wolf Hall finally returns after nine year wait

THE BBC has yet confirmed the merchandise day for the 2nd bid of Wolf Hall aft a nine-year lack from screens.

The acclaimed play play archetypal launched connected BBC Two successful 2015 and volition present beryllium backmost for its marque caller outing, subtitled The Mirror and The Light, this Sunday astatine 9pm.

Season 1 followed the events of the archetypal 2 novels successful the trilogy.

It saw Thomas Cromwell's emergence to power successful the court of King Henry VIII, arsenic the lawyer helped him navigate his mode retired of unwanted marriages.

At the extremity of the archetypal season Anne Boleyn was executed, which enactment Cromwell successful a hard presumption aft helium backed her arsenic queen.

Now viewers volition get the accidental to spot however helium deals with the bloodbath, attempting to enactment connected Henry's bully broadside arsenic helium gets progressive with Jane Seymour.

But with confirmation that the deed amusement volition yet beryllium backmost connected screens, what different apical BBC play dramas are determination for fans to watercourse and relive times gone-by...

SAS Rogue Heroes

This acclaimed drama made its debut successful October 2022 and was a adjacent instant deed aft six gripping episodes.

Series 1 besides starred the likes of House Of The Dragon star Tom Glynn-Carney, Sex Education prima Connor Swindells and Skins prima Jack O’Connell.

The amusement chronicles the enactment of the Special Air Service during World War II.

It is acceptable successful Cairo successful 1941 arsenic it shows however efforts were being made by British and French quality offices to escaped North Africa from the Nazis.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 87%

The Gallows Pole

This three-part BBC Two series is simply a prequel to the publication by Benjamin Myers, and sees writer Shane Meadows fictionalise a singular existent story.

Actor Michael Socha plays David Hartley, and looks worlds distant from his relation successful the This is England film and consequent TV series.

For his The Gallows Pole character, helium looks wholly antithetic with a full, acheronian beard and hair.

Speaking astir however helium prepared for the pb relation of David, helium told the BBC: "I worked connected a workplace for a week and learnt however to shear sheep, I did tons of walking astir the area, I went to York castle to spot wherever David was locked up, I learnt to clip coins, which I enjoyed doing, it was precise satisfying.

"In This is England, I wasn’t successful it fractional arsenic overmuch arsenic I americium successful this and there’s besides a spot much of a quality attached to this role. I’m playing idiosyncratic who existed, truthful I’ve besides got a backmost communicative that was fractional made for me."

Rotten Tomatoes score: 85%

Gentleman Jack

This critically acclaimed play starring iconic histrion Suranne Jones had fans hooked erstwhile it made its debut backmost successful 2022.

Gentleman Jack is based connected the beingness of unconventional pistillate Anne Lister, who lived successful the 19th century.

Anne not lone wore trousers but had affairs with women.

Happy Valley screenwriter Sally Wainwright penned the amusement and said of the programme and the quality of Anne: “There are truthful galore facets to her personality.

"She's truthful extraordinary. She's this wide of contradictions. She's precise bold and brilliant. She did truthful galore fantastic bonzer things."

Rotten Tomatoes score: 95%

Bleak House

The BBC's 2005 adaptation of Bleak House was the 3rd mentation of the Charles Dickens caller to beryllium adapted for screens.

It archetypal emerged arsenic a TV serial successful 1959 earlier becoming a bid erstwhile again successful 1985.

The 2005 mentation starred Denis Lawson, Anna Maxwell Martin and Patrick Kennedy and instantly became a instrumentality favourite.

An award-winner, it picked up the gong for Best Serial Drama astatine the 2006 BAFTAs with Anna besides scooping the grant for Best Actress implicit co-star Gillian Anderson.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 84%

Vienna Blood

Vienna Blood is acceptable successful 1900s Vienna and focuses connected a superb young English doctor, Max Liebermann, and Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt, who analyse a bid of antithetic and disturbing murders.

The amusement is an adaptation of Frank Tallis's Liebermann best-selling publication series.

It has truthful acold aired 4 bid connected the BBC with its astir caller variation coming successful August 2024.

It was based connected writer Frank's seventh and past book, leaving fans acrophobic the amusement won't instrumentality for bid five.

Taking to societal media, 1 spectator said: "If this is the past season, I volition miss this amusement truthful overmuch - but a cracking conclusion. What a fabulous squad and fantabulous storytelling."

A 2nd wrote: "This had amended not beryllium the past ever occurrence oregon I’ll truly footwear off." 

Rotten Tomatoes score: 89%