Kit Harington is going from fantasy drama to period piece in BBC One’s upcoming three-part series Gunpowder and if you’re one who loves a good historical drama (and is already missing Kit Harington a.k.a Jon Snow on your TV screen), then this show is something that would surely get you excited!
A few days ago, BBC released a 30-second teaser of what fans should expect from the drama. It shows Kit Harington’s Robert Catesby and Tom Cullen’s Guy Fawkes back-to-back while he delivers his plans of burning “the king and all his men to hell.”
See the teaser here:
Gunpowder will be telling the true story of the Gunpowder plot of 1605, a scheme to blow up the Parliament on November 5 and assassinate King James I to put back a Catholic as head-of-state. However, the plan didn’t push through as someone anonymous tipped the authorities who then busted Fawkes, along with his barrels and barrels of gunpowder.
Written and directed by J Blakeson, the series stars Kit Harington (who’s a descendant of Robert Catesby, by the way!) and Tom Cullen along with Liv Taylor, Mark Gatiss, and Peter Mullan.
As of late, no release date has been announced, so better keep an eye on BBC One’s Facebook page and website!
