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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...

Created By: Ronan Bennett, Kit Harington, Daniel West

  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • HBO
  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • HBO

Gunpowder

Season 1 Premiere: Oct 21, 2017
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
63
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 39 User Ratings
6.4
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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...

Created By: Ronan Bennett, Kit Harington, Daniel West

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
63
70% Positive
7 Reviews
20% Mixed
2 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
63
70% Positive
7 Reviews
20% Mixed
2 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review

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83
Dec 11, 2017
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]
By Dana Schwartz FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 19, 2017
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.
By Ken Tucker FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 18, 2017
Gunpowder chooses to focus its energy on capturing the experience of the tale while economizing with regard to the time spent cracking on toward the plot’s denouement. The conspirators’ efforts may have come to naught, but the efforts of Bennett, Harington and his co-stars do justice to their history.
By Melanie McFarland FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 13, 2017
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.
By Maureen Ryan FULL REVIEW
67
Dec 15, 2017
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.
By Ben Travers FULL REVIEW
40
Dec 18, 2017
[Gunpowder] takes its precious time with weighty moments yet still skims the surface of things in a way that never fully engages nor illuminates its key characters.
By Jen Chaney FULL REVIEW
38
Dec 15, 2017
[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.
By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 39 User Ratings
6.4
49% Positive
19 Ratings
33% Mixed
13 Ratings
18% Negative
7 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 39 User Ratings
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33% Mixed
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18% Negative
7 Ratings

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Production Company:
  • Kudos Film and Television
  • Thriker Films
  • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Initial Release Date: Oct 21, 2017
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards

Irish Film and Television Awards
• 1 Nomination
World Soundtrack Awards
• 1 Nomination
BAFTA Awards
• 1 Nomination

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