Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004)
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Directors
Gillies MacKinnon
Cast
Carmen Ungureanu, Catherine McCormack, Clémence Poésy, Emilia Fox, Gary Lewis, Iona Ruxandra Bratosin, Kevin McKidd, Maria Popistașu, Michael Fassbender, Paul Nicholls, Richard Coyle, Richard Harrington, Robert Carlyle, Sam Troughton, Sira Stampe, Steven Duffy, Tadeusz Pasternak, Tim McInnerny
The story
Episode 1 opens with Mary, Queen of Scots, who is in exile in France returning to Scotland in 1561. Mary's second husband is Lord Darnley who participates in the extrajudicial killing of David Rizzio. Mary's son, James I, was sired by Darnley.
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docudrama
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