Upcoming HBO historical political Original miniseries White House Plumbers will tell viewers the story of the men involved in the Watergate scandal during the Richard Nixon presidency, which paved the way for his resignation in the 1970s. With an ensemble cast led by Academy Award-nominee Woody Harrelson, Kiernan Shipka, Lena Headey, Corbin Bernsen, Kathleen Turner, and Justin Theroux, the miniseries will provide a historical context while keeping things on the funny side of storytelling.
The upcoming series, developed by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck and with the direction of former showrunner for HBO’s Veep and executive producer for Curb Your Enthusiasm David Mandel, the show will bring to the small screen an adaptation of the book that tells the story of the vantage points of the perpetrators and ringleaders of the bunch that broke in the Watergate building, got caught and led to a series of political stirrups that led to the resignation of Richard Nixon after an egregious process of obstruction of justice and his eventual impeachment.
White House Plumbers Spoilers
White House Plumbers tells the story of the men hired by the White House staff during the Nixon presidency to infiltrate and place listening devices in the Democratic National Headquarters ahead of the reelection of then-US President Richard Nixon. The Watergate scandal was the inspiration for many films, novels, books, and series. Take, for example, “All The President’s Men”, based upon a book by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, which turned into a movie starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, or Oliver Stone’s Nixon, starring Anthony Hopkins.
For White House Plumbers, we’ll meet Woody Harrelson’s character E. Howard Hunt, a man of many talents tasked with the utterly illegal job of getting a group of shady characters to go out and steal information from the Democratic National Committee’s campaign by placing listening devices in the offices. Only to be caught doing it and unleashing a political scandal that will touch him, his wife, played by Lena Headey, his daughter, played by Kiernan Shipka, and everyone in his orbit as the political establishment rushes to cover it up to save Nixon’s fate.
For this series, Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck chose the book penned by Egil and Matthew Krogh “Integrity: Good People, Bad Choices, and Life Lessons from the White House” to adapt it to the small screen with a great ensemble cast led by Woody Harrelson as E. Howard Hunt, the man put in charge of the Watergate break-in by high-level White House operatives. Joined by Justin Theroux, Lena Headey, Kiernan Shipka, and many more, we can expect an engaging, funny, and nice depiction of an egregious abuse of power that shook the political establishment back in its time.
White House Plumbers Cast
Producers Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck put together an amazing ensemble cast to bring the Watergate scandal to the small screen. Beginning with Golden Globe Award-nominee Woody Harrelson as Howard Hunt, Justin Theroux (from Mulholland Drive) as Gordon Liddy, Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) as Dorothy Hunt, Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Kevan Hunt, Domhall Gleeson (Bill Weasley from the Harry Potter movies), Kim Coates, Corbin Bernsen (L.A. Law), and Golden Globe Award-winner Kathleen Turner among others.
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White House Plumbers Episode 1 Release Date
The debut episode of White House Plumbers aired on HBO on 1 May 2023 at 03:00 hrs Eastern Time United States. The debut episode is titled “The Beverly Hills Burglary”, directed by David Mandel. Expect episodes to land weekly on Mondays, and the last episode will air on 29 May 2023.
If you reside outside the United States, below you will find the release times for the show:
- Pacific Time: May 1, 2023, at 00:00 hrs
- United Kingdom time: May 1, 2023, at 08:00 hrs
- Philippines standard time: May 1, 2023, at 15:00 hrs
- Japan standard time: May 1, 2023, at 16:00 hrs
- Korea standard time: May 1, 2023, at 16:00 hrs
- Singapore standard time: May 1, 2023, at 15:00 hrs
- India Standard Time: May 1, 2023, at 12:30 hrs
- New Zealand standard time: May 1, 2023, at 19:00 hrs
- European standard time: May 1, 2023, at 09:00 hrs
- Australian standard time: May 1, 2023, at 18:00 hrs
White House Plumbers Episode Guide
- Episode 1 “The Beverly Hills Burglary” 1 May 2023
- Episode 2 “Please Destroy This, Huh? 8 May 2023
- Episode 3 “Don’t Drink the Whiskey at the Watergate” 15 May 2023
- Episode 4 TBA 22 May 2023
- Episode 5 TBA 29 May 2023
White House Plumbers Trailer
https://youtu.be/QuKM2sTTmHg
Where To Watch White House, Plumbers?
Catch this period political miniseries exclusively on HBO Max, which is HBOs native platform home to thousands of hours of entertainment for everyone in the family; with HBO Max, you get a massive catalog of movies and series like “Succession”, “The Sopranos”, “Veep” and “The Flight Attendant” as well as television shows like “Friends” and all of DC’s content for a great price.
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