The Gunpowder Plot - Exploding the Legend (2/8)

[Strawberry7Lynn]

I'm hating having all this metric rammed down my throat. This building would have been built to imperial specifications & Guy and the guys wouldn't have known what a metric ton was. 18cwt sounds a lot better

[RazorCell7]

can you imagine this is where the show ends with Richard telling us they couldn't get the gun powder and that was it, just a two part youtube video that never aired on TV I would of lol'd

[amatures1]

can someone please wight out the speech he said to the plotters

[DarylJCheetham]

Good documentary, though annoying how he begins to portray the plotters as Heroes

[waffleriddle]

@DarylJCheetham  Depends how you see it they could either be villans plotting to kill the king for their own evil ways, or maybe you could say they were heroes plotting to destroy the evil king

[DarylJCheetham]

@waffleriddle No, they were villians. They wanted to create a Catholic controlled Britian where protestants would be massacred. Same crime, different religion. Nowadays, these men would've been called Fascist

[Exeunt26]

@DarylJCheetham You need to do a bit more research into the reasons for the plot. I recommend 'Remember, Remember' by James Sharpe and 'The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605' by Antonia Fraser.

[Exeunt26]

@waffleriddle The plotters were zealous Catholics disappointed at James I making unfulfilled promises to relax the persecution of Catholics. The religion was illegal and practising mass could get you tortured, then hung drawn and quartered.

[AChoudz]

its gd 4 hmewrk. bt rlly boring.

[DarylJCheetham]

@AChoudz if I was you I'd pay more attention in English

[AChoudz]

@DarylJCheetham i dont giv a crap :)

[DarylJCheetham]

@AChoudz *give

*don't

Still failing English I see

[knightofjustic]

@AChoudz r u mad the this anything but boring

[ps3rules191]

this is great for homework

[shaun3701]

our True Protestant Lord protected King James from these evil satanic Papists

[Noodles37UK]

Does anyone in The UK remember a BBC docu- drama on the Plot dated around 1999, 2000 or 2001 latest? I can remember where I saw it, so I know it's in that period. What's the title, so I can get the DVD?

[pianor91]

I wonder why he waited until James I was on the throne. I studied religion in Tudor England for my A Level coursework, and I can't think why he didn't try to blow her up. Glad he didn't; being a Catholic, she is still my favourite monarch. :)

[255ad]

@pianor91 well that's like saying why did't they blow up the the world trade centre in 2000 the answer in both cases is they just didn't think of it earlier

[pianor91]

@255ad I'm sure there's more complexities behind it than that.

[255ad]

@pianor91 bloody hell your fast

[pianor91]

@255ad I'm sitting at my computer with not a lot else to do! :P

[smntha1300]

@pianor91 Elizabeth I wasn't Catholic. She furthered Henry VIII's Reformation by uniting the Catholic and Protestant Churches under the Anglican Church, which followed more Protestant doctrine while keeping Catholic symbols and structure. The Tudors were also popular among Englishmen and with Parliament, because most of them were glad to be free of Roman politics.

[pianor91]

@smntha1300 Yes, I am quite aware of all of that being English myself, having a family tree that goes back to this time, studying this period both informally and formally. Nothing I said contradicted what you just said :S

[somebodyindahouse]

my question is why did guy fawkes do this in the first place?

[pianor91]

@somebodyindahouse To get rid of the Protestant King, and replace it with a Catholic monarch, thus returning England back the Papal fold and undo everything Henry VIII, Edward VI and Elizabeth had done; although who that would have been, I don't know. Not very well thought out, tbh. Bit over-zealous.

[somebodyindahouse]

@pianor91 wait wtf is up with the kings and queens and all? why couldnt Fawkes do this for fkn fun?

[pianor91]

@somebodyindahouse I hope you really don't think Guy Fawkes did this just for fun.

[somebodyindahouse]

@pianor91 well I 'really' think that he should have done it for fun lawl

[TheArmo1]

you brits have the best history and the best programmes! Long live the Queen, and God Bless Great Britain!

[johndeere7245]

Apparently Richard Hammond has never heard of grain dust explosion. They will easily rip apart a grainery if that dust ignites.

[akamola11]

That phenomenon only occurs in ground up flour. The explosion is unlikely to occur in whole grains.

[tvargan]

100 000 fireworks? He means 10g a firework, which is a basic single shot firework. It's 500 of the biggest consumer fireworks.

[MissHarpoMarx]

I love Richards man purse. He takes it everywhere he goes. It's so cute. hehe

[legotransformersonic]

not really a purse, more like a waist-bag

[MissHarpoMarx]

Meh. It makes no difference..it's cute no matter what we say it is. haha

[neilss1]

its a MAN BAG it reeks of raw manly ruggedness :D

[kizza1645]

cool vid

[mightycowhero]

hey it's the old guy from future weapons

[memarmoo]

Helped a hell of a lot for high school essay( we love u richard! )

[legotransformersonic]

yeah

[estesoyojajaja]

@memarmoo They should make a film about this plot.

[BoredSoIMadeAnAcc]

nice ty for uploadin