Washington DC, March 23 -- The historical TV drama Wolf Hall may have won critical acclaim when its second series debuted on the BBC last year, but its director Peter Kosminsky has shared that many editorial decisions had to be made due to lack of funds, reported Deadline.

Peter Kosminsky, who previously directed the first series of the award-winning adaptation of Hilary Mantel's bestselling novel about the life of King Henry VIII and his wives, told the BBC as quoted by Deadline that almost all the exterior scenes in the second series were cut, and the show became instead "conversations in rooms."

According to Deadline, the director also revealed that other cuts had to be made too - costumes, props, locations - due to gaps in funding:...