Gunpowder | |
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Genre | Period drama Thriller |
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Directed by | J Blakeson |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
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Producer | Laurie Borg |
Cinematography | Philipp Blaubach |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Kudos |
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Release | 21 October 4 November 2017 | –
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Gunpowder is a British historical drama television miniseries produced by Kudos and Kit Harington's Thriker Films for BBC One. The three-part drama series premiered on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2017 and on HBO in the United States on 18 December 2017.[1]
The series was developed by Ronan Bennett, Kit Harington, and Daniel West and is based on the Gunpowder Plot in London in 1605. It stars Harington, who is a direct descendant of his character Robert Catesby.[2] J Blakeson directed the series.[3]