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EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Rights is ramping up its FAST channel offering with the launch of the distributor’s debut dedicated general entertainment channel Horizons: Powered by Banijay. Horizons will host the likes of drama series Gunpowder and The Woman in White, alongside formats including Location, Location, Location, 8 Ou…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO and HBO Max are eyeing more stories of larger-than-life rock stars and social issues with a first-look deal with Gunpowder & Sky. The two-year agreement will see the WarnerMedia cable network and streamer have first look at Gunpowder & Sky's library of documentaries and docuseries. The studio is behind…

SPOILER ALERT: This story kind of contains details of tonight's Gunpowder finale. EXCLUSIVE: "I will say I think I'm understandably more affected by it than I thought I would be," a circumspect Kit Harington says of the coming end of Game of Thrones. While he won’t unveil anything from the David Benioff and D.B…

Clearly never wanting to get out of the successful Game of Thrones business, HBO is firing off into the binge business this weekend with the debut of the Kit Harington starring and executive produced Gunpowder. Premiering on December 18, with its second and third parts on December 19 and 20th, the miniseries is a very…

HBO Europe has sparked to Gunpowder, the BBC One drama that stars Game Of Thrones' Kit Harrington. Under a deal with Endemol Shine International, the pay-TV group has acquired rights in the Nordics, Central and Eastern Europe and Spain for air this year. HBO previously picked up the period series for North America…

The UK’s Edenbridge Bonfire Society each year chooses what it refers to as “a celebrity guy” to send up in flames in celebration of Guy Fawkes Night. Last year’s effigy was Donald Trump. This year, it’s Harvey Weinstein. The town in Kent unveiled an 11-meter-tall likeness of the disgraced producer this week (see…

HBO has acquired Gunpowder, BBC’s three-part thriller drama toplined by Game Of Thrones star Kit Harington. The miniseries, based on the real-life 17th century events that led to Guy Fawkes Day, will debut on HBO on Monday, Dec. 18, and will air over three consecutive nights. Gunpowder, produced by Kudos, part of…

While Game Of Thrones ended its 7th season on Sunday night, Kit Harington fans won’t have to wait too long to see him in action again. BBC One has released first-look images and a teaser (see below) for Gunpowder, the 17th-century set Guy Fawkes-inspired thriller that also stars Liv Tyler, Mark Gatiss, Peter Mullan…

With shooting underway on BBC One’s Gunpowder, the drama has rounded out its cast. The previously announced Kit Harington leads the three-part Guy Fawkes-inspired thriller whose cast now includes Edward Holcroft (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Shaun Dooley (Broadchurch) and Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey) as well as Robert…

BBC One has ordered explosive three-part historical drama Gunpowder with Game Of Thrones‘ Kit Harington starring and exec producing. Harington was first mooted for the Guy Fawkes-inspired thriller back in October. He’s now confirmed with Liv Tyler, Top Of The Lake‘s Peter Mullan and Sherlock‘s Mark Gatiss rounding out…