Gunpowder, Treason & Plot

{{short description|2004 BBC miniseries}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}

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| director = Gillies MacKinnon

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| writer = Jimmy McGovern

| starring = Clémence Poésy
Kevin McKidd
Robert Carlyle
Tim McInnerny
Emilia Fox
Michael Fassbender

| music = John E. Keane

| cinematography = Nigel Willoughby

| editor = Pia Di Ciaula

| network = BBC Two

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| first_aired = {{start date|2004|3|14|df=yes}}{{cite web | url=http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=475&tpl=archnews&force=1 | title=Gunpowder Treason and Plot Begins | the Irish Film & Television Network }}

| last_aired = {{end date|2004|3|21|df=yes}}

| runtime = 205 min (2 parts)

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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Gunpowder, Treason & Plot is a 2004 BBC miniseries based upon the lives of Mary, Queen of Scots and her son James VI of Scotland. Written by Jimmy McGovern, the series tells the story behind the Gunpowder Plot in two parts, each centred on one of the respective monarchs.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/02_february/27/gunpowder.shtml | title=BBC - Press Office - Gunpowder, Treason and Plot }}{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2004/tv/reviews/gunpowder-treason-and-plot-1200534198/ | title=Gunpowder, Treason and Plot | date=4 April 2004 }} The first film dramatizes the relationship between Mary (Clémence Poésy) and her third husband, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (Kevin McKidd). Scottish actor Robert Carlyle stars as James VI in the second part, which concentrates on the Gunpowder Plot, planned by Guy Fawkes, to blow up the Houses of Parliament in order to rid the nation of a Protestant monarch.