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Gunpowder, Treason And Plot Reviews

2004

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Award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern explores the lives of Mary Queen of Scots and her son, James I in this BBC drama. Robert Carlyle leads a prestigious cast in this lavish production. Peopled with infamous characters, driven by compelling drama and life with love, lust, politics and prejudice, we are offered a gripping ride .. Read more

Starring	Robert Carlyle, Emilia Fox, Paul Nicholls, Clemence Poesy
Director	Gillies Mackinnon
Genres	Drama

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  Worth a look
  
  If you missed it on TV the first time, it’s well worth a look now. Carlyle is impressive, although you do keep expecting Edmund Blackadder to appear over ... read more »
  
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  - SteveM
  - Herts.
  - 23 Dec 2004 at 14:35
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  Innacurate, offensive nonsense!
  
  Dreadful film which I would never advise renting. Historically so innacurate that it actually shocked me a producer could reinvent histroy so dramatically. ... read more »
  
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  - Bonnie Scotland
  - 12 May 2010 at 07:08
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  i found the whole story very dull; nothing new happened. Although there was plenty of plotting and treason. it could be re-named to avoid viewers who forget the... read more »
  
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  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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  Customer Review
  
  This two part film for television gives an overview of the dramatic lives of two Monarch's Mary Queen of Scots and her son James VI of Scotland. The first ... read more »
  
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  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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  A great made for tv mafia on horseback romp.
  
  I missed this when it was shown on tv so decided to rent it out on DVD. I wasn't disappointed. Jimmy McGovern's script was brilliant. Whether he had ... read more »
  
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- - CaptainBligh
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  - 24 Mar 2008 at 00:47
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  Great!
  
  Well worth a watch and a great entertaining history lesson. They should make a big film about this
  
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  - 2nd house on the right
  - 20 Feb 2008 at 14:18
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  Enjoyable production
  
  The second part of this production was more interesting than the first, but the bbc once again produced a high quality period drama.
  
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  - Lincoln
  - 28 Dec 2007 at 19:40
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  50/50
  
  As I am working my way through some historical dramas and films I thought I'd give this one a go.
  
  It is divided into two with the first episode ... read more »
  
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  - Warminster
  - 16 Nov 2007 at 11:45
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  Great TV movie
  
  If only TV movies were all this good. I personally found it educational as well as entertaining.
  
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- - joseph cannon
  - scotland
  - 11 Dec 2006 at 16:34
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  what can i say....
  
  this like so many other royal drama's made by or starring british directors/actors was absolutely awful .the director must be some sort of sadist pervert... read more »
  
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  - london finsbury park
  - 02 Dec 2006 at 14:31
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  Oh dear
  
  One for the how not to do historical drama pile I'm afraid.
  
  Doing it differently, getting a different take on it, not falling into the old ... read more »
  
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- - Jeff
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  - 21 Jul 2005 at 10:59
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- - 5
  - 1
  Worth a look
  
  If you missed it on TV the first time, it’s well worth a look now. Carlyle is impressive, although you do keep expecting Edmund Blackadder to appear over ... read more »
  
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  - SteveM
  - Herts.
  - 23 Dec 2004 at 14:35
- - 3
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  50/50
  
  As I am working my way through some historical dramas and films I thought I'd give this one a go.
  
  It is divided into two with the first episode ... read more »
  
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  - Warminster
  - 16 Nov 2007 at 11:45
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  Great!
  
  Well worth a watch and a great entertaining history lesson. They should make a big film about this
  
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  - 2nd house on the right
  - 20 Feb 2008 at 14:18
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  brilliant
  
  robert at his best, a very very good film and good acting well done
  
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- - GARY BURBRIDGE
  - oldham uk
  - 02 Feb 2005 at 22:53
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  High drama at an exciting pace
  
  Very exciting and full of drama. Gave me a whole new perspective on the early Jacobean era.
  
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  - London
  - 06 Feb 2005 at 17:01
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  Great TV movie
  
  If only TV movies were all this good. I personally found it educational as well as entertaining.
  
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- - joseph cannon
  - scotland
  - 11 Dec 2006 at 16:34
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  Enjoyable production
  
  The second part of this production was more interesting than the first, but the bbc once again produced a high quality period drama.
  
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- - ww
  - 44 reviews
  - Lincoln
  - 28 Dec 2007 at 19:40
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  A great made for tv mafia on horseback romp.
  
  I missed this when it was shown on tv so decided to rent it out on DVD. I wasn't disappointed. Jimmy McGovern's script was brilliant. Whether he had ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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- - CaptainBligh
  - 84 reviews
  - Wirral
  - 24 Mar 2008 at 00:47
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  Customer Review
  
  This two part film for television gives an overview of the dramatic lives of two Monarch's Mary Queen of Scots and her son James VI of Scotland. The first ... read more »
  
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  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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  i found the whole story very dull; nothing new happened. Although there was plenty of plotting and treason. it could be re-named to avoid viewers who forget the... read more »
  
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- 581637
- - a customer
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  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22

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