LONDON — Netflix ’s latest series “House of Guinness” takes on family drama, succession plans and darky, rich costumes, the same shade as the dark, creamy stout.

In 1868, Sir Benjamin Guinness, the patriarch who propelled Guinness into a family business dies and leaves his children: Arthur (Anthony Boyle), Edward (Louis Partridge), Ben ( Fionn O’Shea ) and Anne (Emily Fairn) to continue the legacy of the family name with its own set of trials and tribulations.

It’s “ Succession ” meets “Peaky Blinders,” from Steven Knight, who created the latter historical drama set in Birmingham, England.

The costume designer Edward K. Gibbon was quick to take on the job. “It’s such an iconic family that goes through history and they always seem to be causing trouble or doing stuff,” he said i

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