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The Gunpowder Plot [90min]

Radio 3 marks the 400th anniversary of the plot to blow up King James I and his Parliament with a play that looks at how the Establishment deals with a terrorist threat. Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, ruthlessly and efficiently conducts the hunt for the plotters -- but his real target is Father Henry Garnet, leader of the Jesuits.
Read entire article at BBC Radio 3 "Drama on 3" 06 November 2005