Gunpowder

2017

Drama
History

18

Summary

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.

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Cast

role	name
Robert Catesby	Kit Harington
Anne Vaux	Liv Tyler
Thomas Wintour	Edward Holcroft
Lord Robert Cecil	Mark Gatiss
Sir William Wade	Shaun Dooley
Father Henry Garnet	Peter Mullan
King James I	Derek Riddell
Father John Gerard	Robert Emms
Thomas Bates	Luke Broughton
Guy Fawkes	Tom Cullen

Crew

role	name
Writer	Ronan Bennett
Writer	Kit Harington
Writer	Daniel West

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