Wolf Hall leaves viewers 'traumatised' with 'brutal and harrowing' execution scene just minutes into BBC premiere as they beg 'please don't show that again!'

Almost ten years after the first series of the award-winning Wolf Hall aired on BBC, the first episode of the 'darker and bloodier' series premiered on Sunday night. Almost ten years after the first series of the award-winning Wolf Hall aired on BBC, the first episode of the 'darker and bloodier' series premiered on Sunday night And after a decade-long wait, fans were excited to settle down for the first episode of the second series but were left shocked by the violence Viewers were transported back to the the brutal and gory world of Tudor England as soon as the opening credits had rolled on Sunday with the bloody depiction of Anne Boleyn's execution The episode began with Anne Boleyn's execution at the hands of a French swordsman while King Henry married his third wife Jane Seymour. #WolfHall' In contrast Henry slips a wedding ring on to the finger of his new bride and Sir Thomas shakes his head and turns away fro the tragic scene The gory scene ends with Anne's ladies in waiting, spattered in blood, picking up her head and loading her body in to a waiting coffin One fan praised the graphic violence: 'Brutal from the off. Viewers of the Sunday night drama took to social media to share their shock at the bloody scene, calling it 'harrowing' and 'traumatising' This bleaker tone is evident in the new trailer which features the King telling Tudor powerbroker Cromwell: 'You have very few friends Cromwell' and 'always you with the bad news'.