Netflix Releases House of Guinness, an Eight-Episode Dynasty Drama

Netflix released House of Guinness, a new eight-episode historical drama from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, on Thursday, September 25, with all episodes arriving simultaneously on the streaming service. Set mainly in 1868 Dublin with strands that reach to New York, the series begins in the wake of the death of brewery patriarch Sir Benjamin Guinness and follows the upheaval his will causes for his four adult children.

Knight, who created and executive produced the series, framed the story as a dynastic drama about family and empire. "The extraordinary story of a family who happens to be the inheritors of the biggest brewery in the world," he told Netflix's Tudum, adding that the siblings' first priority is "Don't screw it up" and the second is to "make Guinness even bigger." All eight episodes became available at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Time on release day; there will be no ninth episode this season.

The principal cast includes Anthony Boyle as Arthur Guinness, Louis Partridge as Edward, Emily Fairn as Anne and Fionn O'Shea as Ben, supported by James Norton as brewery foreman Sean Rafferty, Jack Gleeson and Danielle Galligan among others. The narrative dramatizes tensions...