"Steven Knight is probably Britain's most prolific TV creator, with Rogue Heroes, A Thousand Blows, Great Expectations, and This Town among his most recent shows, but he remains best known as the man behind the phenomenal Peaky Blinders. Good news, then, that his latest, House of Guinness, has more than a little of that show's DNA. Based on the true lives of the great Irish brewery dynasty, it focuses on the year 1868 and the transition to a new generation."
"There are the same bold plans and dirty deeds, lots of chewy accents, plenty of sexual tension and even the trademark atmospheric rock soundtrack. There's also a similar cast of big characters, led by Anthony Boyle, Louis Partridge and Emily Fairn as the core Guinness trio of Arthur, Edward and Anne, but with James Norton taking the Cillian Murphy role as brewery foreman and family fixer Sean Rafferty."
Steven Knight created House of Guinness, a period drama set in 1868 centered on the Guinness brewery dynasty and a generational transition. The show blends elements of Succession and Downton Abbey with the stylistic DNA of Peaky Blinders, including an atmospheric rock soundtrack, gritty industrial backdrops, and morally complex characters. The principal cast includes Anthony Boyle, Louis Partridge, Emily Fairn, and James Norton as a brewery foreman and fixer. Filming avoided modern Dublin and instead used period-suitable buildings and reconstructed sets across Northern England, including North West cities and Yorkshire towns, to evoke 19th-century Dublin.
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