Much more than just the show that Steven Knight snuck in between creating and writing Bond 25 , Netflix’s new period saga is a barrel’s worth of salty and salacious 19th century history. Filled with sex, violence, romance and scheming, the eight-part drama hits the streamer this week with a packed cast, opulent costumes, vast sets and bustling 1860s Dublin and New York locations.

Except none of the series was filmed on the Emerald Isle or in America. Read on to find out the secrets behind Netflix’s ‘ with stout’ from production designer Richard Bullock .

What is 'House of Guinness' about?

The story centres on the Guinness family at a key moment in its history: patriarch Benjamin Guinness, the Dublin stout’s answer to Logan Roy, has died and his four adult children await his

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