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The Gallows Pole

TV·2023–2023·1 season, 3 episodes·BBC Two·Drama, Crime·1h·Created by Shane Meadows

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Against the backdrop of the coming industrial revolution in eighteenth century Yorkshire, David Hartley assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a revolutionary criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history.

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  1. 01The Gallows Pole S01E01The Resurrection of DaveS01E01 · 9.0West Yorkshire, early 1760s. David Hartley is returning to his family’s remote moor-top dwelling after seven years away in Birmingham. Gravely wounded and dragging a mysterious bag of tools, he receives help from six mythical stag-men, who let him know that his work on earth isn’t done yet.

Castfull cast & details

Michael SochaMichael SochaDavid HartleySophie McSheraSophie McSheraGraceThomas TurgooseThomas TurgooseBill HartleySamuel Edward-CookSamuel Edward-CookIsaac HartleyAdam FogertyAdam FogertyJames BroadbentAnthony WelshAnthony WelshAbe OldfieldYusra WarsamaYusra WarsamaBathsheeba Oldfield
Eve Burley
Eve BurleyRita

Episodes by season

Season013Episodes2023Aired 9.0Season avg
  1. S01E01The Gallows Pole S01E01The Resurrection of DaveMay 31, 2023 9.0West Yorkshire, early 1760s. David Hartley is returning to his family’s remote moor-top dwelling after seven years away in Birmingham. Grave
  2. S01E02The Gallows Pole S01E02Thy Had a DreamJune 7, 2023—After finding his community destitute, David introduces his kin to ‘clipping’ – the illegal forging of coins and David’s scheme to bring bac
  3. S01E03The Gallows Pole S01E03The Anti-HeistJune 14, 2023—David’s gang partake in their first mission, focused on the rent-seeking, exploitative Clothier. David also aims to make amends with Grace,

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