The Great Fire is an epic drama about the 1666 Great Fire of London, when the city burned for four days. Andrew Buchan stars as Thomas Farriner, whose bakery in Pudding Lane was the flashpoint for the inferno. Charles Dance and Jack Huston also star in the four-part series which focuses on the circumstances which led to the catastrophic fire.
It’s the summer of 1666. Thomas Farriner is the King’s baker, supplying bread and biscuit for the Navy, who are currently at war. A widower and single-father, Thomas works alongside his daughters Mary and Hannah, with a little help from his sister-in-law, Sarah Farriner, in his Pudding Lane bakery.
Across the city in the palace of Whitehall, the King is at a stately dance, enjoying his many spoils and women in full view of his wife, the Queen. Amidst the reverie a terrifying assassination attempt is foiled by the King’s Intelligence Officer, Lord Denton. Under interrogation, the assassin reveals he’s a Catholic fanatic and a former employee of Sarah’s boss, the Duke of Hanford, who Denton has under surveillance. Is there some kind of larger Catholic plot in the works?
Starring Andrew Buchan, Rose Leslie, Jack Huston, Polly Dartford.