British activist Guy Fawkes and a group of provincial English Catholics plan to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I in the early 17th century.

This is a drama series which follows the plight of thirteen-year-old Ra'nell as he navigates the pitfalls of living in crime filled east-London after his mother, Lisa, is committed to a mental hospital. The story also follows the rise of a local drug dealer, Dushane, and the tough decisions he must make to stay alive and in business.

When the mysterious lawyer Gina Hawkes turns up asking Harry to find a missing alibi witness for her client he agrees to take on the job but is unwittingly drawn into investigating the death of his brother 20 years ago. Harry quickly finds himself caught up in a much bigger and more complex conspiracy that reaches deep into the heart of the British political system.