Several members of the cast had/have recurring roles on the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011): Joe Dempsie (Ned) - Gendry; Michael McElhatton (John Hawkins) - Roose Bolton; Donald Sumpter (Sidney) - Grand Maester Pycell; James Cosmo (Goffe) - Lord Commander Mormont; Nell Tiger Free (Ned) - Myrcella Baratheon.
Jamie Dornan's character mentions Robin Hood and his Merry Men in the first episode. Jamie would later go on to star as Will Scarlett in Robin Hood (2018).
PROLOGUE: "1680. Charles II has reigned in England for 20 years. Hope that the restoration of the monarchy would bring stability to a realm fractured by civil war is fading. Fears that his Roman Catholic brother, James, will succeed to the throne open old religious wounds,and fan the embers of republican idealism."
"King Charles reacts with brutal force, while continuing to hunt down those responsible for his father's execution. His vengeful eye falls upon Massachusetts, New England, where the Puritans are hiding one of the remaining regicides."
"As the King tightens his grip on the colony, the English settlers confront a more immediate threat-the Native Americans...".
"King Charles reacts with brutal force, while continuing to hunt down those responsible for his father's execution. His vengeful eye falls upon Massachusetts, New England, where the Puritans are hiding one of the remaining regicides."
"As the King tightens his grip on the colony, the English settlers confront a more immediate threat-the Native Americans...".
New Worlds (2014) is a 2014 Channel 4 TV series, set in 1680s England and America. In August 2013, Channel 4 announced a follow-up series to The Devil's Mistress (2008). Directed by Charles Martin, and written by Peter Flannery and Martine Brant, it follows Angelica (the central character from the previous series), now Countess of Abingdon, trying to protect her daughter, in an England still full of unrest and Hope and Ned, struggling in colonial Massachusetts. It is produced by Company Pictures with Johann Knobel serving as the producer. The executive producers are Flannery, Brant and John Yorke. Channel 4 started airing the series as one-hour episodes on 1 April 2014.