The Gunpowder Plot: Treason & Torture

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Telling the Jesuits of his plan to blow up the House of Lords doesn't exactly get Catesby the support he predicted. Guy Fawkes is continually tortured until he reveals his true identity.

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Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: August 2, 2007 at 6:18 pm
Author: BBCWorldwide

Length: 00:03:42
Rating: 4.59
Views: 62327

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Video Comments:
Shippiddge (September 17, 2008 at 12:38 am)
Remember Remember
The Fifth of November'

Guy Fawkes was truly a hero. Had the conspirators of the plot not cared for the safety of their own people by telling them of their plot, they wouldn't have been betrayed, and justice would prevail.
frithar (September 13, 2008 at 4:18 pm)
These would be more useful if numbered, I think. As a non-Brit, I had trouble picking which vid to watch next...
Ironlungzzzz (September 10, 2008 at 9:11 am)
Why do we celebrate the life of a terrorist?
Next thing you know Americans will start having a Bin Laden day.
antipodeandrjones (September 12, 2008 at 6:34 pm)
"Though torture in England was technically illegal, it's use was permitted under exceptional circumstances." Sounds eerily familiar to the justifications we hear today. And the reason they boast about it is to show us what they are willing to do if we get out of line. 'First they came for the Jews...' How far do we allow them to go in our names?
zigimar (September 18, 2008 at 12:18 am)
We don't celebrate the life of a terrorist in England, we celebrate the demise of a cowardly,religious lunatic.
claudiafdz10 (August 30, 2008 at 6:04 am)
I agree with you loismlsx.
charlespeterwatson (August 29, 2008 at 4:15 am)
Pretty much the same as it is today.
1shaydee1 (August 23, 2008 at 1:12 pm)
Then it was Catholics, today it could be the muslims.
Boy does history repeat itself!
leonvoltaire (August 28, 2008 at 8:02 am)
Guess again, it is the Vatican, remeber WW2?
dognap55 (September 19, 2008 at 12:42 am)
Just read your answer, so true.