Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004)

Directed by

Gillies MacKinnon

Genre

docudrama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

3h 25m

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The series tells the story of Mary Queen of Scots and her son James VI. The first part focuses on Mary's marriage to the Earl of Bothwell. The second part follows James and the plot by Guy Fawkes to blow up Parliament.

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What happens

Gunpowder, Treason & Plot is a 2004 BBC miniseries based upon the lives of Mary, Queen of Scots and her son James VI of Scotland. Written by Jimmy McGovern, the series tells the story behind the Gunpowder Plot in two parts, each centred on one of the respective monarchs. The first film dramatizes the relationship between Mary (Clémence Poésy) and her third husband, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (Kevin McKidd). Scottish actor Robert Carlyle stars as James VI in the second part, which concentrates on the Gunpowder Plot, planned by Guy Fawkes, to blow up the Houses of Parliament in order to rid the nation of a Protestant monarch. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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