Global Edition
Global Edition
UK Edition
EU Edition
US Edition

Understand the story, not the spin.

Markets

Netflix releases first trailer for House of Guinness

Published 1 September 2025

Netflix has released the first trailer for House of Guinness, a sweeping period drama from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight that will premiere globally on September 25, 2025. Set in 19th century Dublin and New York, the eight one hour episodes open in the wake of the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness and trace the far reaching consequences of his will for the brewery dynasty he built.

The trailer and official synopsis show the four adult children Arthur, Edward, Anne and Ben pulled into a high stakes fight over inheritance, stewardship and family legacy. Early footage depicts Arthur and Edward being handed joint control of the brewery while Anne and Ben appear to be denied an inheritance, a development the trailer frames as the spark for a toxic sibling feud. The teaser mixes scenes of funerary formality, street unrest, violence and romance as it situates the family drama against wider social and political tensions in Ireland and America. A synopsis accompanying the trailer places Benjamin's death in 1868.

Anthony Boyle and Louis Partridge play the rival brothers Arthur and Edward, Emily Fairn plays Anne Plunket née Guinness and Fionn O'Shea portrays Sir Benjamin. James Norton,...

Now playing
0:00 / 0:00