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Gunpowder

  • TV Mini Series
  • 20172017
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 59m
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Kit Harington in Gunpowder (2017)
British activist Guy Fawkes and a group of provincial English Catholics plan to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I in the early 17th century.
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Foreign mercenary Guido Fawkes, and a group of English Catholic traitors plan to blow up the Palace Of Westminster and kill King James I in the early 17th century.Foreign mercenary Guido Fawkes, and a group of English Catholic traitors plan to blow up the Palace Of Westminster and kill King James I in the early 17th century.Foreign mercenary Guido Fawkes, and a group of English Catholic traitors plan to blow up the Palace Of Westminster and kill King James I in the early 17th century.

IMDb RATING
6.6/10
10K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,753
186
  • Creators
    • Ronan Bennett
    • Kit Harington
    • Daniel West
  • Stars
    • Kit Harington
    • Liv Tyler
    • Edward Holcroft
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  • Creators
    • Ronan Bennett
    • Kit Harington
    • Daniel West
  • Stars
    • Kit Harington
    • Liv Tyler
    • Edward Holcroft
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    • 63User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 4 nominations total

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    Mark Gatiss in Gunpowder (2017)
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    Kit Harington in Gunpowder (2017)
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    Liv Tyler, Sian Webber, and Kit Harington in Gunpowder (2017)
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    Kit Harington
    Kit Harington
    • Robert Catesbyas Robert Catesby
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    Liv Tyler
    Liv Tyler
    • Anne Vauxas Anne Vaux
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    Edward Holcroft
    Edward Holcroft
    • Thomas Wintouras Thomas Wintour
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    Mark Gatiss
    Mark Gatiss
    • Lord Robert Cecilas Lord Robert Cecil
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    Shaun Dooley
    Shaun Dooley
    • Sir William Wadeas Sir William Wade
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    Peter Mullan
    Peter Mullan
    • Father Henry Garnetas Father Henry Garnet
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    Derek Riddell
    Derek Riddell
    • King James Ias King James I
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    Robert Emms
    Robert Emms
    • Father John Gerardas Father John Gerard
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    Luke Broughton
    • Thomas Batesas Thomas Bates
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    Tom Cullen
    Tom Cullen
    • Guy Fawkesas Guy Fawkes
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    Luke Neal
    Luke Neal
    • Jack Wrightas Jack Wright
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    Tom Sweet
    Tom Sweet
    • Young Robert Catesbyas Young Robert Catesby
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    Hugh Alexander
    • Sir Philip Herbertas Sir Philip Herbert
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    David Bamber
    David Bamber
    • Lord Northumberlandas Lord Northumberland
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    Richard Glover
    • Slateras Slater
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    Josh Moran
    • George Farwellas George Farwell
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    Simon Kunz
    Simon Kunz
    • Lord Howardas Lord Howard
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    Andy Lucas
    • De Tassisas De Tassis
    3 episodes3 eps • 2017
    • Creators
      • Ronan Bennett
      • Kit Harington
      • Daniel West
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    Foreign mercenary Guido Fawkes, and a group of English Catholic traitors plan to blow up the Palace Of Westminster and kill King James I in the early 17th century.
    • murder conspiracy
    • britain
    • house of lords
    • king
    • execution
    • 26 more
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      • Behind every plot is a mastermind.
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      • Drama
      • History
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      • TV-MA
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    • Trivia
      Kit Harington is related to Robert Catesby, on his mother side. Harrington's full birth name is Christopher Catesby Harington.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Simpsons: Krusty the Clown (2018)

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    5/10
    Robert Catesby and some other blokes
    Notice there is a word missing from the title? That's right Plot. The Gunpowder Plot was a conspiracy, and a conspiracy by definition is not all about one person. Thirteen men plotted to blow up the King and government, kidnap the princess royal, foment an armed rebellion and seize the reigns of state with the aid of a foreign power. It was daring, almost certainly stupid and heroically irresponsible.

    Robert Catesby is important yes, because he had the vision and the charisma to persuade twelve very different individuals to sign up for this madcap scheme. But that is part of the problem here: the vision is elusive and, in Kit Harrington's stolid performance there is precious little charisma. As for the remaining conspirators, they are blanks, even Guy Fawkes is nothing more than a by-the-numbers Tom Hardy tribute act. We know nothing about them or what drew them into the plot. In focussing so exclusively on the part played by his aristocratic ancestor, Harrington does not just do a disservice to the other conspirators (half of whom do not get speaking parts), he also drains all the tension from the conspiracy storyline. There should be clashing personalities and differing agendas, paranoia and suspicions, false starts and difficulties encountered; above all as the conspiracy reaches it's climax there should be jangling nerves. It's hard to care about the inner turmoil of characters you have not been properly introduced to, and in fairness the script does not even make the attempt.

    Instead we get spurious action sequences, such as Catesby's rescue of John Gerard, who actually escaped from the Tower a decade earlier and without Catesby's assistance, and hackneyed Hollywood moments, such as the climatic sequence when Butch Catesby and the Wintourdance Kid charge out in slow motion onto the guns of the Bolivian police force.

    Above all the focus is on Catesby and his motivations, all seen through a prism of modern sensibilities and contemporary relevance. And that again is a problem, as the history gets mucked around quite a lot in order to make these points. If you are going to depict atrocities in prurient detail and justify them as providing the context for your character's actions, then you can expect to be called out if you over-egg the pudding.

    The look of the show is good, if a little underlit, but the script is hack work and the performances, for the most part (Liv Tyler as Anne Vaux is a luminous exception) either soapily two-dimensional or pantomime broad. The ubiquitous Gatiss renders a particularly ripe King Rat as that fascinating statesman Robert Cecil. (Historical accuracy would incidentally have been better served by a shorter Cecil and a taller Catesby.)

    Since Harrington is milking his moment in the sun to get vanity projects commissioned on the lives of his ancestors, I shall look forward with eager anticipation to a three-part drama on the inventor of the flush toilet, an achievement worthy of celebration. Would that someone at the BBC had pulled the chain on this production.
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    • Nov 5, 2017

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    • Release date
      • December 18, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Порох
    • Filming locations
      • East Riddlesden Hall, Bradford Road, Riddlesden, Keighley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Kudos Film and Television
      • Thriker Films
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • Runtime
      59 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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