Gunpowder (2017)

Directed by

J Blakeson

Genre

historical drama

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 215 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1605 London, a group of Catholic conspirators plots to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I. The series follows Robert Catesby as he leads the dangerous plan to restore a Catholic monarchy.

tensedarkgrittyclaustrophobicurgenthistoricalseriousbleakatmospheric

What happens

Gunpowder is a British three-part television historical drama produced by Kudos and Kit Harington's Thriker Films for BBC One. The three-part drama premiered on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2017 and on HBO in the United States on 18 December 2017. The series was developed by Ronan Bennett, Kit Harington, and Daniel West and is based on the Gunpowder Plot in London in 1605. It stars Harington, who is a direct descendant of his character Robert Catesby. J Blakeson directed the series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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