Mark Rylance has stated that the codpieces on the otherwise historically accurate costumes were made smaller at the request of PBS who felt that American audiences might be offended.
The weaving technique that Elizabeth Cromwell is shown doing with her hands is called Fingerloop Braiding, a popular technique used during the period to make cords, purse strings and laces for clothing.
The series' executive producer, Colin Callender, stated in February 2015 that he hoped that the BBC would commission an extension of the series based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel's trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, which Mantel was then still in the process of writing. Callender said that lead performers Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis were "eager" to return.
Wolf Hall was filmed in two locations in Kent: Dover Castle doubled for the Tower of London, and the Long Gallery, Tapestry Room, and Queen Elizabeth Room in Penshurst Place were used as specific rooms in Whitehall (York Place), which was Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII's residence. The Long Gallery doubled as Anne Boleyn's chamber.