BBC sure knows how to spice up period dramas with some man meat, as evident in the 2004 miniseries Gunpowder, Treason, & Plot! The show is a dramatization of the time of Mary, Queen of Scots, and takes place over several years. In addition to family drama, the show covers the storied Gunpowder Plot, which was a planned attack on the House of Parliament that shook England to its core. You’ll be shaken to your core when you see some ass from the sexy Sam Troughton and some hot shirtless action from Kevin McKidd!