article_snippet.sent: This is one of a number of inaccuracy spotted in the big budget adaptation of Hilary Mantel's books and was said to have been done so as not to offend and baffle the shows American audience.
article_snippet.sent: This is not the first time that the show has come under fire for historical errors.
article_snippet.sent: I did challenge Peter Kosminsky [the director] about that.
article_snippet.sent: Miss Worsley said: 'What Hilary Mantel has done is made the characters for our times, which is interesting for a historian to watch.
article_snippet.sent: The programme-makers have revealed the lengths The programme-makers have gone to to ensure historical accuracy – including an unexpected insistence on straight, white teeth and pristine linen.
article_snippet.sent: Hilary Mantel said a Tudor drama would be less accurate had a Tudor drama insisted on blackened teeth and filthy courtiers –