How did the remaining conspirators manage to blow themselves up? Why is the defeat of the Gunpowder Plot still celebrated 400 years later? What are the parallels between this plot and the 7/7 bombings? 

Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they relive how the gunpowder plotters met their grisly end. 

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Head of History: Dom Johnson

Exec Producer: Tony Pastor

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