Gunpowder

Name: Gunpowder
Genre: Drama, Movie/Mini-Series
Released: October 21, 2017
Rating: 63

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HBO | BBC One | Release Date: October 21, 2017

Summary: The three-part BBC miniseries written by Ronan Bennet focuses on Robert Catesby (Kit Harington), a Catholic man who after seeing his fellow English Catholics persecuted by Robert Cecil (Mark Gatiss), plans to assassinate of King James (Derek Riddell) and blow up the Palace of Westminster in what would be called the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 London.

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series

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S1:E3. Episode 3
Air Date: December 20, 2017
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S1:E2. Episode 2
Air Date: December 19, 2017
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S1:E1. Episode 1
Air Date: December 18, 2017

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Dana Schwartz

Dec 11, 2017

Season 1 Review: If you go in with an open spirit and let yourself get swept up in the accents and facial hair, you'll almost certainly enjoy Harington. [15/22 Dec 2017, p.98]

Michael Haigis

Dec 18, 2017

Season 1 Review: By focusing on the internal machinations of Catesby and his Protestant antagonists, Gunpowder locates a human drama at the heart of an event codified in history books as a conflict between monoliths. It turns a curiosity of British lore into a resonant portrait of courage, and a testament to the value of resistance. Read full review

Maureen Ryan

Dec 13, 2017

Season 1 Review: In an age in which thin stories are often stretched on the rack to produce 10 or 13 hours, Gunpowder lives fast, dies young, and doesn’t overstay its welcome. Read full review

Ken Tucker

Dec 19, 2017

Season 1 Review: The bulk of Gunpowder is a reasonably exciting costume drama combining history and suspense, with fine performances by Sherlock’s Mark Gatiss as the King’s vindictive secretary of state and Peter Mullan (Top of the Lake, Ozark) as Henry Garnet, a Jesuit priest sympathetic to Catesby’s efforts. Read full review

IndieWire Ben Travers

Dec 15, 2017

Season 1 Review: While Gunpowder tells its story clearly and respectably--previously unaware British viewers will see Guy Fawkes Day differently--its handsome presentation and effective plotting don’t add up to more than a dutiful shrug. Read full review

Mike Hale

Dec 18, 2017

Season 1 Review: The series is handsomely dressed, and Mr. Blakeson has the blunt ability to ratchet up tension that he showed in the 2009 film “The Disappearance of Alice Creed.” But Mr. Bennett’s script, while it delineates the issues, doesn’t make us care about the people involved. Read full review

Verne Gay

Dec 15, 2017

Season 1 Review: [Kit Harington's] a narcotized Jon Snow in a narcoleptic of a miniseries that nods off at times, and seems maddeningly unaware that viewers will be induced to do the same thing. ... A gluepot of a miniseries with good actors and no pulse. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Dec 23, 2022

Competent in more ways than one, but it's also one of the few times I can complain about this, because I think it lacked more time to develop its characters, even if you know the history, because in this case even with the good cast, the plot is what keeps you more focused than theCompetent in more ways than one, but it's also one of the few times I can complain about this, because I think it lacked more time to develop its characters, even if you know the history, because in this case even with the good cast, the plot is what keeps you more focused than the characters.

I still like it, though.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 21, 2017
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  S1:E3. Episode 3
  Air Date: December 20, 2017
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  S1:E2. Episode 2
  Air Date: December 19, 2017
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  S1:E1. Episode 1
  Air Date: December 18, 2017