Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot | The REAL Story

The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 is one of the most daring plots in history.
Synonymous with the name Guy Fawkes, it was an attempt by radical Catholics to assassinate King James I and to destroy parliament in one devastating explosion. But who was the real mastermind behind the plot, and what caused the conspirators to turn to such extreme measures?
In a world of religious turmoil, was Guy Fawkes an anti-hero, or a villain? And who wrote the letter that still remains one of the biggest mysteries in English history?
What do you think?
In this mini-documentary Curator Alden Gregory explores the causes and consequences of the Gunpowder Plot.
00:00 The Gunpowder Plot
00:50 How did the Gunpowder Plot fail?
01:36 Religious persecution or religious freedom?
02:35 Who is Robert Catesby?
03:40 The Gunpowder Plot is born
04:53 Robert Cecil, the King’s Spymaster
05:24 How was Guy Fawkes caught?
06:24 Who wrote the Monteagle Letter?
08:16 The final stand at Holbeach House
09:25 Guy Fawkes is tortured at the Tower of London
10:41 What are the consequences of the Gunpowder Plot?
11:09 Conclusion - what do you think?
To learn more about The Gunpowder Plot go to:
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www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-londo...
Guy Fawkes: Mike Archer
Robert Catesby: Adam Bell
Robert Cecil: Scott Barclay
King James: Dan Ferguson
Princess Elizabeth: Poppy Moran-Jennings
Curator: Alden Gregory
Director: Matt Oliver
Producer: Claudia Strange
Music: Will Stapleton
Image Credit: Guy Fawkes Signature ©Alamy

Пікірлер: 32

  • @95henkku95
    @95henkku956 ай бұрын

    What a fascinating story. Great production quality with some superb acting too!

  • @markthomson9343
    @markthomson93436 ай бұрын

    This is epic. Very well produced

  • @davidcoleman5246
    @davidcoleman52466 ай бұрын

    How history is affected by a single death or a birth or event. Henry eighth's brother Arthur had lived, if Elizabeth 1 had married and had children, Henry, Charles 1 brother had lived. That fuse would have been lit?

  • @raumaanking

    @raumaanking

    2 ай бұрын

    What about this topic what if Lady Jane Grey or Mary queen of Scots had not been executed and one of them became the new queen of England in 1603? how would Guy Fawkes have reacted to either one of these two ladies becoming queen of England in 1603? Do you think the Gun Powder plot would have still happened? Do you think the death sentencing would have been harsher or less harsher then what James the1 did or could he been speared by Lady Jane Grey or Mary queen of Scots? What’s your opinion on this topic?

  • @riezzkienhuis6962
    @riezzkienhuis69626 ай бұрын

    He wasn't hung, drawn and quartered Before the execution could be carried out, Fawkes jumped from the ladder to the platform on which the gallows stood and broke his neck. As a result, he died before he was hanged.

  • @LilFoxyCosplay

    @LilFoxyCosplay

    6 ай бұрын

    That was the planned punishment Pretty sure they did the quartering anyway

  • @Nikkiloveyou3420

    @Nikkiloveyou3420

    5 ай бұрын

    If he was hung or quartered How did he die? Jumping off a ladder doesn't kill people. In history he was hung drawn and quartered. Fawkes began to climb the ladder to the noose, but either through jumping to his death or climbing too high so the rope was incorrectly set, he managed to avoid the agony of the latter part of his execution by breaking his neck. His lifeless body was nevertheless quartered and, as was the custom, his body parts were then distributed to "the four corners of the kingdom", to be displayed as a warning to other would-be traitors.

  • @susannahtcavill
    @susannahtcavill6 ай бұрын

    Very suspicious goings on indeed.

  • @christinethornhill
    @christinethornhill6 ай бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏼❤️

  • @renataostertag6051
    @renataostertag60516 ай бұрын

    10:29 - apparently guy Fawkes was spared that because he jumped off the scaffolding and broke his neck, or not?

  • @baker1714
    @baker17143 ай бұрын

    Very underrated video

  • @paulcresswell6268
    @paulcresswell62686 ай бұрын

    Use the past tense when describing events which occurred in the past.

  • @slydesplaylists
    @slydesplaylists6 ай бұрын

    Digby was the poet and writer and possibly the same class of the cypher, and de cyphering process. maybe someone knows for sure

  • @raumaanking
    @raumaanking2 ай бұрын

    What if Lady Jane Grey hadn’t been executed and became the new queen of England in 1603 how would Guy Fawkes react to her and her rule

  • @nigelsheppard625

    @nigelsheppard625

    2 ай бұрын

    She'd have been 66 years old so probably not very old these days but ancient in 1603. She's unlikely to have survived Mary and Elizabeth's reigns.

  • @a44489
    @a44489Ай бұрын

    people don't see the spirits so nothing can get passed a king

  • @stefangorgsaid7074
    @stefangorgsaid70743 ай бұрын

    remember, remember the fifth of november the gun powder treason and plot I see no reason why gun powder treason should ever be forgot.

  • @joecurran2811
    @joecurran28115 ай бұрын

    Imagine if this has succeeded...

  • @IDL3_

    @IDL3_

    2 ай бұрын

    history would be very very different that’s for sure

  • @wijpke
    @wijpke2 ай бұрын

    They didnt have fuse at that time 😂

  • @a44489
    @a44489Ай бұрын

    knights of neutrality

  • @stephenwhipp6344
    @stephenwhipp63445 ай бұрын

    This whilst a great video and story, is sadly guilty of a lot of invention in telling a story wove around the verifiable facts. It could all be true I'll give it that, but so much is plain supposition designed to support a narrative that Robert Cecil effectively engineered things from the shadows. Its a fun video but documentary is not accurate, based upon a true story is closer.

  • @a44489
    @a44489Ай бұрын

    i hate the midlands always warring there

  • @kathleenogrady8459
    @kathleenogrady84596 ай бұрын

    Fire the film editor. Why put up images for .015 seconds?

  • @listentoyourvibes

    @listentoyourvibes

    6 ай бұрын

    Adds suspense

  • @paulcresswell6268

    @paulcresswell6268

    6 ай бұрын

    No it doesn't.

  • @a44489
    @a44489Ай бұрын

    anti hero

  • @user-sn5zs9qh4w
    @user-sn5zs9qh4w6 ай бұрын

    God exposes evil when he needs to Blessed be the name of the Lord Praise and all glory for his word, the holy King james bible preserved and inspired without error higher than God's name Thank you Jesus for my bible

  • @markthomson9343

    @markthomson9343

    6 ай бұрын

    Them is words of a treasonous scoundrel