Synopsis
Neil Oliver explores the relationship between English Catholics and the Scottish King James I, which was at the heart of the Gunplowder Plot.
- Programme: A History of Scotland
- Series: 1
- Episode: Project Britain
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2008
- History | Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000-present | c1500-c1700: Crime and punishment in early modern England | Nature and changing definitions of criminal activity
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