In 1605, a group of British Catholics, including Guy Fawkes and Robert Catesby, devised a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament. They hoped to wipe out the anti-Catholic political establishment ...

The 34-year-old TV star is a descendant of Guy Fawkes’s co-conspirator, Robert Catesby – who was shot dead aged 32 in 1605 following a failed plot to blow up the UK parliament. And the home of ...

As Kit Harington’s new drama Gunpowder premieres on BBC One, the Game of Thrones star reflects on playing his own ancestor, the real mastermind behind the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, Robert Catesby.

And now, as we edge nearer to that fateful November 5th date, Gunpowder has finally come to fruition in the form of a gritty three-part series that documents the actions of Robert Catesby ...

The instigator of the Plot was Robert Catesby. He was a charismatic soul who attracted many loyal friends. He also had a strong Catholic faith. There were tensions between Catholics and ...

That prompted an ill-fated rebellion known as the Gunpowder Plot, with Harington as Robert Catesby – a devout Catholic nobleman who decides to fight back – and Tom Cullen (“Downton Abbey ...

So, how accurate is HBO's Gunpowder? The series will follow Robert Catesby in 1605 London, according to HBO's site, in his struggle against Catholic persecution by the British governing royals ...

The three-part series starting on Monday night reveals the plot leaders were Robert Catesby, his cousin Thomas Wintour and their ruthless enforcer and “blunt instrument” Thomas Percy.

Those plotting alongside Robert Catesby were John and Christopher Wright, Robert and Thomas Wintour, Thomas Percy, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, Thomas Bates, John Grant, Ambrose Rookwood ...

The plan, which came close to blowing up the Houses of Parliament on 5 November 1605, was hatched by a group of radical Catholic conspirators at the family home of leading plotter Robert Catesby.

Kit Harington, the British actor best known as the moody Snow in HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” is a descendant of Robert Catesby, a leader of the Gunpowder Plot. He’s also a creator and co-exec ...

That prompted an ill-fated rebellion known as the Gunpowder Plot, with Harington as Robert Catesby – a devout Catholic nobleman who decides to fight back – and Tom Cullen (“Downton Abbey ...