Gunpowder, Treason & Plot

Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004)

EndedScripted showDrama, History

Award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern and film director Gillies MacKinnon bring the story behind the Gunpowder Plot to BBC TWO in two original films exploring the lives of Mary Queen of Scots and her son James 1st.

The first concentrates on Mary's short-lived reign and the battles she has to fight with both her Protestant subjects and the English Queen, Elizabeth 1st. She conspires with the Earl of Bothwell to assassinate her miscreant husband Lord Darnley.

The story continues with her son James VI of Scotland (who, on Elizabeth's death, became James 1st of England), and the plot against his reign masterminded by the influential Catholic Robert Catesby - a plot planned by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament in order to rid the nation of an oppressive Protestant monarch.

Network
Scheduleevery Sunday at 21:00 (100 min)

Last Episode

Episode 2
Season 1Episode 2100 min

Episode 2

mars 21, 2004

Recent Episodes

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S01E02Episode 2mars 21, 2004
S01E01Episode 1mars 14, 2004
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Cast

Robert Carlyle

Robert Carlyle

plays James VI of Scotland
Tim McInnerny

Tim McInnerny

plays Cecil
Kevin McKidd

Kevin McKidd

plays James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
Emil Hostina

Emil Hostina

plays Bothwell's Lieutenant
Richard Coyle

Richard Coyle

plays Robert Catesby
Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender

plays Guy Fawkes
Emilia Fox

Emilia Fox

plays Lady Margaret
Catherine McCormack

Catherine McCormack

plays Elizabeth I of England
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Characters

James VI of Scotland

James VI of Scotland

played by Robert Carlyle
Cecil

Cecil

played by Tim McInnerny
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell

James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell

played by Kevin McKidd
Bothwell's Lieutenant

Bothwell's Lieutenant

played by Emil Hostina
Robert Catesby

Robert Catesby

played by Richard Coyle
Guy Fawkes

Guy Fawkes

played by Michael Fassbender
Lady Margaret

Lady Margaret

played by Emilia Fox
Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I of England

played by Catherine McCormack
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