White House Plumbers
Everything you need to know about White House Plumbers
In this political drama, White House Plumbers follows the imagined behind-the-scenes story of two political heavyweights – E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy – and how they accidentally toppled President Nixon’s administration with the Watergate scandal.
As “White House Plumbers”, tasked with plugging information leaks coming from the White House, the pair were fiercely protective of the presidency.
Starting in 1971, the satirical drama starts when Hunt and Liddy are hired to investigate the leak of the Pentagon Papers, and together they make their way up the career ladder, planning covert ops including bugging the Watergate complete, the home of the Democratic National Committee office.
What resulted was one of the greatest scandals in American political history, with the men later convicted of burglary, conspiracy and wiretapping.
Over the course of the series, White House Plumbers looks into what exactly went wrong with the men's plan, and how it tore down the presidency and their own families in the process.
Who stars in White House Plumbers?
White House Plumbers boasts an all-star cast led by Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux as two central men in the Watergate scandal.
The full cast list is:
Woody Harrelson (True Detective, Natural Born Killers) as E. Howard Hunt
Justin Theroux (The Mosquito Coast, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) as G. Gordon Liddy
Lena Headey (Game of Thrones, 300) as Dorothy Hunt
Domhnall Gleeson (About Time, Black Mirror: Be Right Back) as John Dean
Judy Greer (Jurassic World, 13 Going on 30) as Fran Liddy
Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy, American Primeval) as Frank Sturgis
Toby Huss (MaXXXine, Halt and Catch Fire) as James W. McCord Jr.
Liam James (The Way Way Back, Psych) as John Hunt
Tony Plana (Ugly Betty, Mayans MC) as Eugenio "Musculito" Martínez
Yul Vazquez (Severance, The Outsider) as Bernard "Macho" Barker
Zoe Levin (Palo Alto, Bonding) as Lisa Hunt
Newcomer Tre Ryder as David Hunt
Nelson Ascencio (The Hunger Games, MadTV) as Virgilio "Villo" Gonzalez
Ike Barinholtz (The After Party, The Mindy Project) as Jeb Stuart Magruder
John Carroll Lynch (American Horror Story, Zodiac) as John N. Mitchell
Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Kevan Hunt
How many episodes of White House Plumbers are there?
White House Plumbers runs for five, hour-long episodes.
It is a mini-series, following a timeline of real-life events.
As a result, there are no plans for a second season.
What is the age rating of White House Plumbers?
White House Plumbers has been rated 15 for the entire series.
This means the series has been deemed unsuitable for children or anyone under the age of 15 and should be viewed with caution.
Reasons for this rating include:
Scenes of an implied sexual nature and nudity
Images of peril and life-threatening situations
Frequent and prominent use of profanity
Minor use of guns
How to watch White House Plumbers on Sky
White House Plumbers is available to watch in full now on Sky Atlantic.
Episodes are also available to watch on streaming service NOW.
Will I still be able to watch White House Plumbers on Sky with HBO Max launching?
Don’t worry – you won’t miss a thing.
Sky Atlantic will continue to air upcoming seasons of much-loved HBO shows that have previously aired on Sky, including House of the Dragon, The Last of Us and The White Lotus alongside homegrown Sky Originals and exclusive Peacock Originals straight from the US.
Plus, if you have Sky Ultimate TV or Sky Q with an eligible package, you will have HBO Max Basic with Ads included as part of your Sky subscription. So not only will you still have a full back catalogue of your favourite series – including Game of Thrones, The Sopranos and Friends – but you’ll also get brand new HBO Max Original titles like the Emmy Award-winning The Pitt. Sky+ customers will also be able to watch HBO Max Basic with Ads content through their home page.
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And what about NOW subscribers?
This March, existing NOW Entertainment customers will get HBO Max Basic with Ads included in their membership at no extra cost and fully integrated into the NOW platform, bringing even more must-see series from HBO Max alongside Sky Originals and exclusive US shows. HBO Max Basic with Ads will drop into your membership automatically, so you don’t need to do a thing.
