Gunpowder
Created by Ronan Bennett, Daniel West
On BBC One
A tense, claustrophobic three-hour historical drama about religious extremism and political conspiracy, driven by paranoia and the weight of impossible moral choices.
London, 1605. Robert Catesby, a 33-year old Warwickshire gentleman, devises a plot to blow up Parliament and kill the King.
Essence
Ensemble
Kit Harington
Robert Catesby
Mark Gatiss
Sir Robert Cecil
Edward Holcroft
Thomas Wintour
Tom Cullen
Guy Fawkes
Peter Mullan
Father Henry Garnet
Liv Tyler
Anne Vaux
Derek Riddell
King James I
Shaun Dooley
Sir William Wade
Robert Emms
Father John Gerard
Luke Neal
Jack Wright
Luke Broughton
Thomas Bates
David Bamber
Lord Northumberland
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