Living Legends — Season 1, Episode 5: Guy Fawkes
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 6 episodes
Episode synopsis
Guy Fawkes , ' the devil in the vault ', arrested in the nick of time as he stands poised to blow up the entire leadership of Jacobean England-one of the most vivid images in English history, familiar from countless illustrations and tableaux. And even now, 350 years later, we still burn Guy Fawkes in effigy every year.
About Living Legends
A series of six programmes about the truth behind some of the popular figures in British history.