
EPISODE
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Gunpowder - Season 1
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.























26 December 1986, London, England, UK





20 May 1986, Horley, Surrey, England, UK


11 May 1994, Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Hammersmith, London, England, UK





15 April 1990, Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, UK




17 April 1963, Casablanca, Morocco







October 29, 2017
The plot came to seem more and more naive; I'm not sure if it's the enterprise that was dim and doomed, or the fact that it was being vocalised by a bunch of mucked-up Burberry models.
October 23, 2017
It's certainly historically fascinating, and genuine, in language as well. Potent and gripping too, it doesn't feel like remedial homework at all.
October 23, 2017
Perhaps the greatest testament to the writing and direction is that Liv Tyler, not the first actress who springs to mind when one thinks of the early-17th-century Midlands, didn't look too out of place.
October 27, 2017
Kit Harington's Catesby is a desperate man driven by a glowing core of anger and loathing.
October 23, 2017
So nuance and characterisation aren't really strong points, but when it does horror and tension, Gunpowder excels.
October 23, 2017
The story is oddly simplified and overstretched; for all the promise of the material, like the plot itself, sparks never fly.