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Official trailer for House of Guinness released

Louis Partridge in House of Guinness. Photo credit: Netflix/Ben Blackall
Louis Partridge in House of Guinness. Photo credit: Netflix/Ben Blackall

The first official trailer for new Netflix drama House Of Guinness has been released ahead of the series premiere later this month.

The eight-part series was written and created by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and will debut on Netflix on 25 September.

In a statement, Netflix said: "House of Guinness explores an epic story inspired by one of Europe's most famous and enduring dynasties - the Guinness Family.

"Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, the story begins immediately after the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his will on the fate of his four adult children, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben, as well as on a group of Dublin characters who work and interact with the phenomenon that is Guinness."

Anthony Boyle (Arthur Guinness) with Danielle Galligan (Lady Olivia Hedges)
Danielle Galligan and Anthony Boyle

The cast of House of Guinness includes Anthony Boyle (Masters of the Air, Manhunt) as Arthur Guinness, Louis Partridge (Disclaimer, Enola Holmes) as Edward Guinness, Emily Fairn (The Responder, Saturday Night) as Anne Plunket (née Guinness), and Fionn O'Shea (Normal People, Dance First) as Benjamin Guinness.

They are joined by James Norton (Happy Valley, Bob Marley: One Love) as Sean Rafferty, Dervla Kirwan (True Detective: Night Country, Smother) as Aunt Agnes Guinness, Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones, In the Land of Saints and Sinners) as Byron Hedges, Niamh McCormack (Everything Now, The Magic Flute) as Ellen Cochrane, and Danielle Galligan (Shadow and Bone, Obituary) as Lady Olivia Hedges.

Ann Skelly (The Nevers, The Sandman) plays Adelaide Guinness, Seamus O'Hara (Blue Lights, An Irish Goodbye) plays Patrick Cochrane, Michael McElhatton (Game of Thrones, The Long Shadow) plays John Potter, David Wilmot (Station Eleven, Bodkin) plays Bonnie Champion, Michael Colgan (Say Nothing, The Regime) plays Rev Henry Grattan, Jessica Reynolds (Kneecap, The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard) plays Lady Christine O'Madden, Hilda Fay (The Woman in the Wall, Spilt Milk) plays Sultan, and Elizabeth Daulau (Andor, Wicked) plays Lady Henrietta St Lawrence.

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