First look at new Netflix series House of Guinness starring Belfast’s Anthony Boyle

Netflix has just released the first images from its upcoming new drama series inspired by the Guinness family.

Created by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders), House of Guinness stars Belfast actor Anthony Boyle as Arthur Guinness and features other Irish acting talent including Seamus O’Hara, Dervla Kirwan, Fionn O’Shea and Niamh McCormack.

Premiering on September 25, Netflix say the eight episode series “will explore 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.”

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“It’s the extraordinary story of a family who happens to be the inheritors of the biggest brewery in the world,” explains writer and creator Steven Knight.

“They’re young and are given the task of taking on this incredibly successful brand. The first priority is: Don’t screw it up.

“And the second priority is to make Guinness even bigger.”

Knight reveals that brothers Arthur and Edward (Louis Partridge) are the “heart” of House of Guinness.

“I won’t give away the plot — but they were given joint stewardship of the brewery for very interesting reasons,” he explains.

“Before he died, their father very deliberately chained Arthur and Edward together in responsibility for the brewery. You’ll find out why when you watch.”

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The full cast includes:

• Anthony Boyle (Masters of the Air, Manhunt) will play Arthur Guinness
• Louis Partridge (Disclaimer, Enola Holmes) will play Edward Guinness
• Emily Fairn (The Responder, Saturday Night) will play Anne Plunket (née Guinness)
• Fionn O’Shea (Normal People, Dance First) will play Benjamin Guinness
• James Norton (Happy Valley, Bob Marley: One Love) will play Sean Rafferty
• Dervla Kirwan (True Detective: Night Country, Smother) will play Aunt Agnes Guinness
• Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones, In The Land of Saints and Sinners) will play Byron Hedges
• Niamh McCormack (Everything Now, The Magic Flute) will play Ellen Cochrane
• Danielle Galligan (Shadow and Bone S1 & S2, Obituary) will play Lady Olivia Hedges
• Ann Skelly (The Nevers, The Sandman S2) will play Adelaide Guinness
• Seamus O’Hara (Blue Lights, An Irish Goodbye) will play Patrick Cochrane
• Michael McElhatton (Game of Thrones, The Long Shadow) will play John Potter
• David Wilmot (Station Eleven, Bodkin) will play Bonnie Champion
• Michael Colgan (Say Nothing, The Regime) will play Rev Henry Gratton
• Jessica Reynolds (Kneecap, The Wolf, The Fox And The Leopard) will play Lady Christine O’Madden
• Hilda Fay (The Woman In The Wall, Spilt Milk (forthcoming)) will play Sultan
• Elizabeth Daulau (Andor, Wicked) will play Lady Henrietta St Lawrence

Creator Knight is excited for audiences to meet the Guinness clan, whom he describes as “naturally wild”.

“I’m just in awe of their zest for life - their lust for life, often literally,” he says.