In the 2005 ITV program The Gunpowder Plot : Exploding The Legend , a full-size replica of the House of Lords was built and destroyed with barrels of gunpowder .
The Gunpowder Plot : Exploding The Legend , an ITV program presented by Richard Hammond and broadcast on 1 November 2005 , re-enacted the plot by blowing up an exact replica of the 17th-century House of Lords filled with test dummies , using the exact amount of gunpowder in the underground of the building .