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Gunpowder

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In 1603, as England is engaged in war against Spain, tensions are high in domestic society due to brutal persecution of Catholics. Robert Catesby, a young Catholic nobleman who has recently lost both his wife and his father and, angry at his perception of punishment from society, conjures a literally explosive plot to kill King James I when he sits in the houses of Parliament. Catesby joins with a group of equally aggrieved men, including the infamous Guy Fawkes, to enact vengeance in a series of events that are still commemorated in present-day Britain. The three-part miniseries was originally presented on BBC in the U.K.

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Kit Harington

Robert Catesby

Peter Mullan

Father Henry Garnet

Liv Tyler

Anne Vaux

Mark Gatiss

Lord Robert Cecil

Shaun Dooley

Sir William Wade

Tom Cullen

Guy Fawkes

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Synopsis In 1603, as England is engaged in war against Spain, tensions are high in domestic society due to brutal persecution of Catholics. Robert Catesby, a young Catholic nobleman who has recently lost both his wife and his father and, angry at his perception of punishment from society, conjures a literally explosive plot to kill King James I when he sits in the houses of Parliament. Catesby joins with a group of equally aggrieved men, including the infamous Guy Fawkes, to enact vengeance in a series of events that are still commemorated in present-day Britain. The three-part miniseries was originally presented on BBC in the U.K.
Director
J Blakeson
Executive Producer
Ollie Madden, Ronan Bennett, Daniel West, Kit Harington
Screenwriter
Ronan Bennett
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Drama, History
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Oct 21, 2017