Overview

• All eight episodes are now streaming on Netflix, with critics publishing first-look reviews and no official renewal announced.
• Created by Steven Knight, the series chronicles the Guinness heirs after Sir Benjamin’s death and a contentious will that reshapes control of the brewery.
• Each episode opens with a disclaimer that the story is fictionalized, and James Norton’s foreman Sean Rafferty is a wholly invented character used to explore darker dealings.
• Reviewers note a Peaky Blinders–inflected tone, anachronistic modern music, striking visuals, and strong turns from Anthony Boyle, Louis Partridge, Emily Fairn, Fionn O’Shea, and Jack Gleeson, while flagging pacing issues.
• Though set in 1868 Dublin and scenes in New York, production filmed across North West England, with Tom Shankland and Mounia Akl directing and Ilan Eshkeri composing.